symposium participants

• The Problem
  A short statement of the issues involved

• THE FUTURE OF POLITICS AND THE POLITICS OF THE FUTURE
  Shiv Visvanathan, Research Fellow at the Compost Heap, and Professor, Jindal School of Governance and Public Policy, Sonepat

• POLITICS ON A HOT TIN ROOF
  Kumar Ketkar, Chief Editor, 'Dainik Divya Marathi'; former Editor-in-Chief, 'Loksatta', Mumbai

• THE PROMISE AND THE POSSIBILITY
  Baijayant 'Jay' Panda, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Biju Janata Dal, Bhubaneswar

• 'AND AS THINGS HAVE BEEN THEY REMAIN...'
  Yusuf Ahmad Ansari, writer and political commentator, Lucknow

• ENERGIZING THE YOUTH 
  Manvendra Singh, political analyst; former BJP Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Delhi

• SENSIBLE ECONOMICS, SENSIBLE POLITICS 
  N.K. Singh, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha); former IAS officer, Patna

• MESSIANIC DREAMS
  Aakar Patel, Director, Hill Road Media Services; former Editor-in-Chief, 'Divya Bhaskar' and Mid Day Multimedia, Mumbai

• THE CENTRE AND ITS SATRAPS
  Mani Shankar Aiyar, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha); former Union Minister of Panchayati Raj, Delhi

• POLITICIANS UNDER SIEGE
  Barkha Dutt, television journalist, Group Editor, NDTV, Delhi

• GIVING VOICE, EMBRACING THE EXCLUDED
  Rahul Gandhi, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha); Vice President, Indian National Congress, Delhi

• COMMENT
  Critiquing The 'New' State Party Bosses by Ashutosh Kumar, Professor, Department of Political Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh

• BOOKS
  Reviewed by Rakesh Basant, Vidhu Verma and Kuldeep Kumar

• IN MEMORIAM
  Asghar Ali Engineer 1939-2013

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