symposium participants

  • THE PROBLEM
    Posed by Ratnakar Tripathy, Senior Research Fellow, Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI), Patna

  • EXILED BETWEEN HOME AND MEMORY
    Ashwani Kumar, Associate Professor, Center for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

  • DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL
    Sankarshan Thakur, Executive Editor, 'Tehelka', Delhi

  • REVIVING CULTURE
    Prabhakara Jha, formerly, Assistant Professor for Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Minnesota Graduate School, Minneapolis

  • INTERVIEW
    Jeetendra Verma, Patna based social activist and writer in conversation with Phalhari Suryavanshi Das, head priest of the Mahavir temple, Patna

  • MISSION POSSIBLE
    Nikhil Kumar, Member of Parliament (LS), Patna

  • CHANGE FROM THE MIDDLE?
    Prabhat P. Ghosh, Director, Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI), Patna

 

 

 

 

#580
 December 2007


THE PARADOX THAT IS BIHAR
a symposium on the state's efforts at
overcoming a troubled legacy


cover design by Akila Seshasayee

 

 

 

  • CAN BIHAR INDUSTRIALIZE?
    Chirashree Das Gupta, Assistant Professor, Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI), Patna

  • CENTRALLY PLANNED INEQUALITY
    Mohan Guruswamy, Chairman, Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPAS), Delhi

  • ENSURING QUALITY WITH EQUITY
    Vinay K. Kantha, teaches mathematics at Patna University and works in the field of education and human rights; currently, President, PUCL, Bihar state unit, Patna

  • CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITY
    Vandita Mishra, Senior Editor, 'The Indian Express', Delhi

  • NOTES
    Urbanism and Sub-national Identity by Shaibal Gupta, Member-Secretary, Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI), Patna; Children Are Our Present by Daisy Narain, Department of History, Patna University, Patna

  • BOOKS
    Reviewed by Ratnakar Tripathy, Aditya Nigam, Jeemol Unni, Surinder S. Jodhka and Ajay K. Mehra

  • IN MEMORIAM
    Daya Krishna 1924-2007

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