SEMINAR ISSUES FROM 1959 ONWARDS
1959
1. The Party in Power
2. Food for Forty Crores 3. Freedom and Planning 4. The Changing
Village
1960
5. Co-operative Farming
6. Two Sectors 7. Our Universities 8. Corruption 9. Films 10. Indians
in Africa 11. A Language for India 12. Health 13. The Third World
14. Tribal India 15. Into Space 16. Artists and Art
1961
17. Socialism Today 18.
The Census 19. Our Foreign Policy 20. Waste 21. The Writer at Bay
22. Administration 23. North and South 24. Communalism 25. Philosophy
26. Science 27. Advertising 28. Music
1962
29. Your Vote 30. Our
Democracy 31. The U.N. 32. On Stage 33. Population Control 34. Election
Analysis 35. India’s Defence 36. The Scientist 37. Our Neighbours
38. Indian Agriculture 39. Past and Present 40. Romanisation
1963
41. The Emergency 42.
The Press 43. Taxation 44. Crisis on the Campus 45. Non-Alignment
46. Gandhism 47. Censorship 48. India and Pakistan 49. Panchayati
Raj 50. China 51. Emerging Leadership 52. The Indian Woman
1964
53. The Coming Crisis
54. Worker’s Share 55. Scientific Attitude 56. India in the World
57. Needs and Resources 58. Kashmir 59. Jawaharlal Nehru 60. Prohibition
61. Energy 62. The Consumer 63. Nehru and the Ism 64. Our Changing
Values
1965
65. The Bomb 66. Parliament
in Crisis 67. Secularism 68. Language 69. Goa 70. Caste 71. At School
72. Public Sector 73. Indo-Soviet Link 74. Money and Power 75. The
War and After
76. Politics of Language
1966
77. We and the World
78. The Plan 79. Our Cities 80. Elections and Power 81. Farms and
Food 82. Science in Afro-Asia 83. India’s Defence Pattern 84. The
I.C.S. 85. The Administrative Jungle 86. Aid or Trade 87. State
Politics 88. Students in Turmoil
1967
89. Your Vote 90. Our
Union 91. The Economic Crisis 92. Our Brain Drain 93. The Cow 94.
Election Outcome 95. Power Patterns 96. Asian Security 97. Books
98. Mass Communication 99. Design for Living 100. Seminar on Seminar
1968
101. Prices 102. Unctad
103. Recession 104. The Future of Asia 105. The Budget and The Plan
106. Minority in Crisis 107. Politics and Society 108. Agricultural
Revolution 109. Management Challenge 110. Our Security 111. The
Centre and the States 112. Academic Colonialism
1969
113. The New Left 114.
Resources 115. Nationhood 116. Violence 117. Pakistan 118. Gerontocracy
119. Our External Relations 120. The Educated Unemployed 121. The
Congress Party 122. Mahatma Gandhi 123. Conservation 124. Our Political
Parties
1970
125. Secularism in Crisis
126. Our Libraries 127. India’s Left 128. Modernisation 129. The
Rural Base 130. Population Planning 131. Foreign Technology 132.
Nation and Community 133. The Super Powers 134. The U.N. at 25 135.
Two Neighbours 136. The Constitution
1971
137. India 1970 138.
Your Vote 139. Political Pointers 140. Land Hunger 141. The Blue
Revolution 142. Bangladesh 143. The Economic Agenda 144. The 1971
Elections 145. China Today 146. A Nuclear India 147. Crisis in the
Press 148. Acapolitics
1972
149. India 1971 150.
Impact of Bangaladesh 151. Secret Societies 152. West Bengal 153.
State Elections 154. Permits and Licenses 155. India in Asia 156.
Decentralisation 157. The Social Sciences 158. New Education 159.
Clean Elections 160. The Mass Line
1973
161. India 1972 162.
Mass Housing 163. Calcutta 164. Federal Reorganisation 165. The
Status of Women 166. Our Paralysed Universities 167. Garibi Hatao
168. A Committed Civil Service 169. Science Policy 170. No-Cost
Reform 171. Mass Transport 172. The Indian Economy
1974
173. India 1973 174.
Indian Muslims 175. Population Threat 176. The Students Speak 177.
The Untouchables 178. Marxism and India 179. The Multinationals
180. The Architect in India 181. The Indian Ocean 182. The Energy
Crisis 183. Growing the Food 184. The Cinema Situation
1975
185. India 1974 186.
Foreign Policy 187. A Changed India 188. Inflation 189. Prices and
Procurement 190. Medicines for the Masses 191. Urbanisation 192.
The System 193. The Economists 194. The Legacy of Gandhi 195. Global
Problems 196. Judgements
1976
197. India 1975 198.
The Economic Debate 199. New Trends 200. Life and Living 201. Changing
Communism 202. A Military View 203. Where Do We Go From Here
seminar issues 204 to
209 were not printed because of censorship during the Emergency
1977
210. Fear and Freedom
211. Images of the Emergency 212. The Elections 213. The Correctives
214. Atrocities 215. Rethinkings 216. The Janata Phase 217. External
Alignments 218. The Police 219. Action Agendas 220. Bengal Scenario
1978
221. India 1977 222.
Indian Intellectuals 223. Economic Imperatives 224. Populist Politics
225. Defence and Detente 226. Federal Power Balance 227. The Rural
Challenge 228. The Sixth Plan 229. New Dialogues 230. The Administrator
231. Trauma of the Triangle 232. Another TV
1979
233. India 1978 234.
Grassroots Democracy 235. The Village and the Communicator 236.
Emerging Questions 237. Threatened Environment 238. Politics of
Science 239. The Autonomy Myth 240. The Muslim Condition 241. The
Election Business 242. Our Fractured Politics 243. Harijans 244.
Economic Scenarios
1980
245. India 1979 246.
External Action 247. The Planets 248. Transition Politics 249. Development
Dimensions 250. The Violent Present 251. Debating an Agenda 252.
Policing 253. The Dangerous Decade 254. Studying our Society 255.
Raw Power 256. Alternatives in Foreign Policy
1981
257. India 1980 258.
A Failed Science 259. The Politicians 260. Parliament 261. Concepts
in Change 262. Levels of Consciousness 263. The World of Microprocessors
264. Search for Consensus
265. The Soviet Connection
266. Confusion in Economics 267. Peasants and Prices 268. Reservations
1982
269. India 1981 270.
The Arming of a Subcontinent 271. India: Seen from Abroad 272. The
Campus Scene 273. Refocussings 274. Nepali Reflections 275. Childhood
Today 276. Our National Character 277. Searching for Answers 278.
The Future of Politics 279. Playing Games 280. A Confused World
1983
281. India 1982 282.
Three Hundred Millions 283. The Parallel Economy 284. Revivalism
285. Breakdown 286. Global Choices 287. Security 288. The Political
Options 289. Federal Focus
290. Islam 291. Social
Dilemmas 292. The Messy Media
1984
293. This India 294.
The Punjab Tangle 295. Marxian Shadings 296. Directions in Education
297. Values in Learning 298. Coalition Future 299. New Elites 300.
The Sexist Media 301. A Federal Remedy 302. Lawless Laws 303. Pakistan
Perceptions 304. Indira Gandhi
1985
305. India 1984 306.
Behind the Ballot 307. The National Condition 308. Using the Army
309. The Faces of Reality 310. A Warless World 311. Meditation 312.
Architectural Pollution 313. The Hindus and Their Isms 314. Issues
Within Issues 315. The Politics of Change 316. The Economy
1986
317. India 1985 318.
Purdah Culture 319. Freeing the Media 320. The Total State 321.
Indian English 322. Divisive Currents 323. Scenarios for Change
324. Options in South Asia 325. The Judicial Jungle 326. Punjab
Perspectives 327. Web of Censorship 328. Priorities
1987
329. India 1986 330.
The Politics of Ecology 331. Femicide 332. Urdu 333. Raj Thapar
1926-1987 334. Interventions 335. Our Institutions 336. A Second
Republic 337. Sri Lanka 338. Past in the Present 339. Rethinking
Theology 340. Romesh Thapar 1922-1987
1988
341. India 1987 342.
Sati 343. A Free Press 344. Integrity 345. Punjab 346. Drought 347.
Right to Work 348. The Voluntary Option 349. New Dimensions in Science
350. Child Labour 351. Pakistan Scenarios 352. Farmer Power
1989
353. India 1988 354.
The Technology Missions 355. New Social Movements 356. Design and
Aesthetics 357. Federalism 358. Foreign Policy in a Changing World
359. Literature and Society 360. The Panchayati Revival 361. Reflections
362. Parties and Politics 363. The Nehru Era 364. Mythifying History
1990
365. Towards 2000 AD
366. The North East 367. Politics of the State 368. The People’s
Verdict 369. Health for All? 370. Nuclear Power 371. Cricket Culture
372. Our Urban Future 373. Socialism in Crisis 374. Communal Divides
375. Reserved Futures 376. The Eighth Plan
1991
377. India 1990 378.
The Himalaya 379. City Nostalgia 380. Freeing the Economy 381. After
the Gulf War 382. The Urban Woman 383. Defence Perspectives 384.
New Writing in English 385. Beyond the Vote 386. Repercussions of
Change 387. Identity 388. Politicians on Politics
1992
389. India 1991 390.
Making Waves 391. The Linguistic Landscape 392. Kashmir Today 393.
The Soviet Experience 394. Dialogue 395. Real Concerns 396. aids
397. Wooing Japan 398. Understanding Punjab 399. Politics Today
400. Education and Ideology
1993
401. India 1992 402.
Ayodhya 403. Growing Up 404. The Telecom Revolution 405. Politics
of Accountability 406. Managing Our Natural Resources 407. Left
Dilemmas 408. Culture, Communication and Change 409. Our Scientists
410. Population Planning 411. Revivalism and Identity 412. Marginalised
Tribals
1994
413. India 1993 414.
Managing Energy 415. Future of the Mind 416. Islam 417. The bjp
418. Seeds of Discontent 419. Infrastructure 420. Memories of Partition
421. Looking Back 422. The U.S. and Us 423. Parallel Practices 424.
Family Matters
1995
425. India 1994 426.
Parks, Protection and People 427. Living Treasures 428. The Politics
of Health 429. Globalisation and the Unions 430. Justice For All
431. Voices From the Field 432. The Matter of U.P. 433. Food Security
434. Rules and Laws 435. The Limits of Tolerance. 436. Learning
to Change
1996
437. India 1995 438.
Grassroots Governance 439. Prisons and Punishment 440. The Election
Carnival 441. A Question of Rights 442. Nationalism 443. Little
Voices, Big Issues 444. Nuclear Fallout 445. The Other City 446.
Cultural Studies 447. Reproductive Health 448. Maritime Security
1997
449. India 1996 450.
The State of Bihar 451. Democracy and Development 452. Workers and
Unions 453. Symbolic Spaces 454. Political Exhaustion 455. Alternatives
in Communication 456. Rethinking Institutions 457. Empowering Women
458. Media Trends 459. Unity or Incoherence 460. Futures
1998
461. India 1997 462.
Childhood 463. Refugees 464. Right to Education 465. Power
Play
466. Wildlife 467. Conserving
our Heritage 468. Nuclear (In)security 469. Swadeshi 470. Gujarat
471. Dalit 472. External Challenges
1999
473. India 1998 474.
Continuing Concerns 475. Growing Intolerance 476. The Sikh Spirit
477. The Pursuit of Purpose 478. Floods 479. Something Like a War
480. Cruel Choices 481. The Idea of Seminar 482. Family Business
483. Policespeak 484. Multiculturalism
2000
485. India 1999 486.
Environment: Myth and Reality 487. Looking East 488. Ageing 489.
Unhealthy Trends 490. African Transitions 491. Street Vendors 492.
Protecting Nature 493. Redesigning Curricula 494. Unviable Universities
495. Situating Sociology 496. Frameworks For Peace
2001
497. India 2000 498.
Markets in Motion 499. Wastelands 500. Through the Decades 501.
Culturescape 502. Our Corrupted Core 503. Globalization 504. Drug
Abuse 505. Towards Equality 506. Reforming Politics 507. Economic
Turmoil 508. Exclusion