SEMINAR ISSUES 2018

SEMINAR 701, January 2018; INDIA 2018: a symposium on the year that was.

Bajpai, Kanti

Modi’s foreign policy: no better and no worse than predecessors

Bhattacharjea, Suman

Lakpa’s future

Chishti, Seema

Articles of faith

Damodaran, Harish

Farm crisis redux

Gulati, Ashok and Ranjana Roy

Wooing the farmer

Kannan, K.P.

Shining India’s suffering underbelly

Kapur, Devesh

Fraternity in the making of the Indian nation

Ninan, T.N.

India under Modi

Raghavan, Srinath

India-China: a zero-sum rivalry?

Raja Mohan, C.

Remapping India’s geopolitics

Reddy, C. Rammanohar

The economy: an annus horribilis

Saran, Samir

Cyber (in)security

Sharma, Mihir S.

Literally a life or death policy

Singh, Kanika

The story of a Sikh museum

Teltumbde, Anand

Ambedkar’s socialism: some reflections

Visvanathan, Shiv

Fate of the refugee: the ship of fools

SEMINAR 702, February 2018; CONTESTED CULTURES: a symposium on knowledge, use and conservation of the wild.

Adams, Michael, Meera Anna Oommen and Aarthi Sridhar

The problem

Aiyadurai, Ambika

Human-animal relations: a view from the Mishmi hills

Anandam, Martina

Of bulls, bans and elitist chauvinism

Chandi, Manish

Sharing pork and well-being

Datta-Roy, Anirban

Hunter identity in a changing landscape

Jamoh, Neyi and Nandini Velho

Hunters and protectors of Pakke tiger reserve

Krishnadas, Meghna and Sachin Sridhara

Harvesting non-timber forest produce

Muralidharan, Rahul

Entangled lives of dolphins and fishers

Oommen, Meera Anna

Books

Ramesh, Madhuri and Sartik Shanker

From fishe to flagship

Ramnath, Madhu

Within the world of food collection

Seminarist

Further reading

Sridhar, Aarthi

Hunting-gathering lives with molluscs

Srinivasan, Krithika, Rajesh Kasturirangan and Smitha Rao

Conservation scapegoats and developmentality

SEMINAR 703, March 2018; CONNECTING THE BAY OF BENGAL: a symposium on enhancing connectivity among the bay states.

Baruah, Darshana M.

Maritime security in the Bay of Bengal

Chatterjee, Bipul and Subhanil Banerjee

Trade and economic integration

Chaudhury, Anasua Basu Ray and Sohini Nayak

Connecting neighbours

Collin, Koh Swee Lean

China’s strategic angst

Gurjar, Sankalp

Books

Jaishankar, S., Kenji Hiramatsu and C. Raja Mohan

In conversation

Menon, Rhea

Books

Nagao, Satoru

India-Japan security cooperation

Noronha, Neil

Books

Raja Mohan, C.

Reimagining the bay

Rawat, Deepakshi

Books

Sobhan, Farooq

A Bangladesh perspective

Supriyanto, Ristian Atriandi

Southeast Asia and maritime security

Verma, Richard

Indo-Asia connectivity for shared prosperity

Xavier, Constantino and Darshana M. Baruah

The problem

Xavier, Constantino

Reactivating a legacy of integration through BIMSTEC

Yhome, K.

Myanmar’s response to shifting dynamics

SEMINAR 704, April 2018; A TRYST WITH INDIA: a symposium on the vision of Jawaharlal Nehru in the making of India’s republic.

Khosla, Madhav

Reading Nehru in hard times

Mukherjee, Rudrangshu

Gandhi and Nehru: love and difference

Nehru, Jawaharlal

The panorama of India’s past; The basis of society; The past and the present; Before India is reborn; Hindu and Muslim cultures; Culture and wisdom; Communalism and casteism; Amir Khusrau – symbol of India’s composite culture; Synthesis is our tradition; Social fabric of a nation; The role of women; Can Indians get together?; The role of the prime minister; A national state; Hindu code bill; Moulding our destiny; Building India; Basic education; Public health; A foreign policy for India; The national language; \The spirit of the age; Technology and man; Temper of science

SEMINAR 705, May 2018; DEMO-CRATIZING HERITAGE: a symposium on a people based approach to sustainable development.

Bagga, Sangeeta

Chandigarh: a marker on the landscape of democracy

C.M., Dinu Bumbaru

Learning from Montreal

Chatterji, Moushumi

A people’s museum‘beyond the wall’

Desai, Jigna

Gendered encounters, engendered places

Engelhardt, Richard A., Heather A. Peters and Montira H. Unakul

Challenge and change

Hodges, Sue

Heritage interpretation and empowerment

Jigyasu, Niyati

Traditional craft in the urban conservation agenda

Larsen, Peter Bille

Democratic heritage and heritage-based democracies

Rai, Gurmeet Sangha and Vidhu Gandhi

The problem

Savyasaachi

Reverence for life, heritage and democracy

Document

Delhi declaration on heritage and democracy

Singh, Priyaleen

Engaging with nature and natural heritage

Smith, Julian

Messy urbanism: an ecological perspective

Tipnis, Aishwarya

Role of digital technologies and communications

Visvanathan, Shiv

A prelude to a manifesto on heritage

Weise, Kai

When the monarchs are gone

SEMINAR 706, June 2018; ARE OUR CHILDREN LEARNING: a symposium on the crisis in learning afflicting our schools.

Aiyar, Yamini

Reforming education systems

Banerji, Rukmini

Betrayal or benefit?

Behar, Anurag

The solutions lie with teachers

Béteille, Tara

Are India’s schoolteachers prepared to teach?

Chavan, Madhav

Learning to learn

Dewan, H.K.

Inclusion and equitable education

Filmer, Deon and Halsey Rogers

Learning to realize education’s promise

Kaushik, Amit

Measuring learning outcomes in India

Kumar, Krishna

Diagnostic trouble

Nawani, Disha

Is there a learning crisis in our schools?

Rajagopalan, Sridhar

Board exams, rote learning and the learning crisis

Ramachandran, Vimala and Sridhar Rajagopalan

The problem

Rampal, Anita

Manufacturing crisis: the business of learning

SEMINAR 707, July 2018; AHME-DABAD: THE CITY AND HER SOUL: a symposium on how women imagine and negotiate public spaces.

Ahmed, Heba

Jameela’s journey: faith and resistance in Ahmedabad

Chatterjee, Mirai and Jayshree Lalbhai

The warp and weft of Ahmedabad(interview by Harmony Siganporia)

Desai, Jigna

The paradox of protection

Dunca, Catrinel

Ahmedabad, city of words

Karkaria, Hazel

By design or default

Kothari, Shamini

A home without an archive

Laul, Revati

Understanding mass violence

Mehta, Mona G.

The middle class capture of urban spaces

Pandya, Pratishtha

The city and its poets

Sethi, Avni

A defiant dastarkhwan

Siganporia, Harmony

Scoring the city

Siganporia, Harmony

The (non-)problem

SEMINAR 708, August 2018; DRAVI-DIANISM: a symposium on the legacy of the Non-Brahmin Movement in Tamil Nadu.

A., Kalaiyarasan

Dravidian populism and social protection

Anandhi, S.

Education and Dravidian common sense

Anwar, S.

Muslims and the Dravidian movement

Cody, Francis

Public speech as media infrastructure for democracy

Jeyaranjan, J.

Changes in land relations in Tamil Nadu

Kaali, Sundar

Making of a new public sphere

Krishnan, Rajan Kurai and Ravindran Sriramachandran

The problem

Krishnan, Rajan Kurai and Ravindran Sriramachandran

Dravidian futures

Krishnan, Rajan Kurai

A double articulation of sovereignty

Manoharan, Karthick Ram

Books

Panneerselvan, A.S.

Indian federalism: an innovative response

Sankar, R. Vijaya

Periyar: self-respect and socialism

Sriramachandran, Ravindran

Pluralization of political identity

Venkatachalapathy, A.R.

DK and DMK: the double-barrelled gun

Beg, M. Saleem and Hakim Sameer Hamdani

Craft, Kashmiriyat and commerce

Dulat, A.S.

The problem

Dutt, Barkha

The unmaking of mainstream parties

Gigoo, Arvind

My unfinished Kashmir diary

Habibullah, Wajahat

Shifting positions

Malhotra, Iqbal Chand

A historical perspective

Raza, Maroof

An unresolved issue

Seminarist

Kashmiriyat on the back-burner

Siganporia, Harmony

Books

Suri, Sanjay

Memories

Unniraman, Sudhesh

Victims and alternate media discourse

SEMINAR 710, October 2018; GANDHI IN SEMINAR: a symposium on engaging with Gandhi, his formulations, practice and life.

Amin, Shahid

The pedagogy of nationalism

Burman, B.K. Roy †

The untouchables

Dhebar, U.N. †

Yesterday and tomorrow

Geetha, V.

Caritas and maithri

Godrej, Adi

Interview by Ashok Upadhyay

Guru, Gopal

The politics of naming

Jain, L.C. †

Democratic decentralization

Joshi, P.C. †

The legacy

Kothari, Rajni †

As nation builder

Mukherji, Gangeya

Books

Namboodiripad, E.M.S. †

Present position and prospects

Rege, Sharmila †

A dalit feminist standpoint

Saran, A.K. †

Contemporary Gandhism

Shiva, Vandana

Food freedom and economic freedom

Suhrud, Tridip

Gandhi has gone

Suhrud, Tridip

The problem

Suri, Surindar †

Books

Teltumbde, Anand

Identity politics and the annihilation of castes

Thakurdas, Frank †

Books

SEMINAR 711, November 2018; DEATH FOR CHILD RAPE: a symposium on whether the solution is the problem.

Ali, Bharti

The unaddressed question of support structures for the victim

Anand, Pinky

Why not the death penalty?

Bhagat, Roma and Seema Baquer

The problem

Deol, Kanwaljit

Quick fix solutions

Johri, Rachana

Social and psychological implication of death penalty

Kakar, Sudhir

Interview

Raha, Swagata

Implementation woes

Reddy, Jagadeesh Narayan

Ramifications of medical evidence

Reddy, Vidya

Ground realities of child sexual abuse (interview by Roma Bhagat, Seema Baquer and Pallavi Baraya)

Seminarist

Further reading

Surendranath, Anup

Death penalty for child rape: dangerous and ineffective

Yadav, Ramavtar

The statistics

SEMINAR 712, December 2018; ‘I HAD A DREAM’: a symposium on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Bala, Sean P.

Called to love: MLK’s theological vision

Clammer, John

King and Ambedkar: a pregnant absence

Cook, Thomas

The problem of evil

Dhawan, Sachin

Gandhian non-violence and the civil rights movement

Gupta, Dipankar

King and Gandhi: parallel lives

Jahanbegloo, Ramin

In search of the beloved community

Jahanbegloo, Ramin

The problem

Modrowski, Kathleen

Highlander and King

Rahman, Mujibur

King’s idea of non-violence in our times

Samaróczy, Nicolas de

Finding ways to creatively dissent

IN MEMORIAM

Rudrangshu Mukherjee

Ashok Mitra 1928-2018(June 2018)

Sumanta Banerjee

A friend, cosmopolitan polymath, yet a stubborn Bengali at heart (June 2018)

Rakesh Basant

Remembering a humanist: Rajindar Sachar 1923-2018 (June 2018)

BOOKS

Satish C. Aikant

702, February 2018

Gangeya Mukherji

702, February 2018

Rajen Harshé

704, April 2018

Ambika Aiyadurai

704, April 2018

Salil Misra

704, April 2018

Purushottam Agrawal

704, April 2018

Y.V. Reddy

708,August 2018

Rudrangshu Mukherjee

708, August 2018

Niranjan Sahoo

709, September 2018

Satish C. Aikant

709, September 2018

Mithilesh Kumar Jha

711, November 2018

Dutt, Bahar

711, November 2018

Parthasarathy, Suhrith

711, November 2018

Tridip Suhrud

712, December 2018

Neera Chandhoke

712, December 2018

Anup Shekhar Chakraborty

712, December 2018

SEMINAR ISSUES

1. The Party in Power 2. Food for Forty Crores 3. Freedom and Planning 4. The Changing Village

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

389. India 1991 390. Making Waves 391. The Linguis-tic 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

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

413. India 1993 414. Managing Energy 415. Future of the Mind 416. Islam: Reform and Renewal 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

497. India 2000 498. Markets in Motion 499. Waste-lands 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

509. India 2001 510. Porous Borders, Divided Selves 511. Beyond Numbers 512. States of Insecurity 513. Society Under Siege 514. Where People Matter 515. First City? 516. Shades of Green 517. Securing South Asia 518. The Aftermath of 9/11 519. Uncertain Futures 520. A World Without AIDS

521. India 2002 522. Rewriting History 523. Celebrating Craft 524. Imagining Futures 525. Unsettling Cinema 526. A Party in Waiting 527. The Great Game 528. City of Dreams 529. Empire 530. Restoration and Renewal 531. Footloose Labour 532. Abortion

533. India 2003 534. Beyond the Verdict 535. Changing Chennai 536. Are We Learning? 537. India Shining 538. The Diaspora 539. A Mandate for Change 540. Celebrating Women 541. New Priorities 542. Working Conservation 543. Amchem Goem 544. Elusive Justice

545. India 2004 546. Reclaiming Childhood 547. Revitalising Science 548. Democracy Derailed 549. Redressing Disadvantages 550. Gateway to the East 551. Speaking Truth to Power 552. Forests and Tribals 553. Creative Industries 554. India Revisited 555. Eye on Oil 556. 2010

557. India 2005 558. Dalit Perspectives 559. Soul City 560. Building Partnerships 561. Media Matters 562. The India-China Thaw 563. Education and Livelihoods 564. The Forsaken Drylands 565. The Elusive Triangle 566. Culinary Crossings 567. Re-imagining Punjab 568. Securing the Insecure

569. India 2006 570. Crafting an Education 571. Battleground U.P. 572. India Beckons 573. Envisioning Asia 574. Children First 575. Between Cultures 576. Experiments With Democracy 577. Nature, Wildlife, People 578. A Shifting Canvas 579. Transport for Liveable Cities 580. The Paradox That is Bihar

581. India 2007 582. Special Economic Zones 583. Unequal Status 584. Our Troubled Neighbourhood 585. City of Hope 586. Redrawing Boundaries 587. Mortgaging the Future 588.Talking Theatre 589. Unfinished Agendas-I 590. Unfinished Agendas-II 591. Battle for the States 592. The Neglected Teacher

593. India 2008 594. Effective Government 595. Agrarian Transitions 596. Changing Political Landscape 597. Knowledge in Question 598.Circuits of Cinema 599. National Security 600. Literary Landscapes 601. The Republic of Ideas 602. India’s Religious Minorities 603. Bangladesh Turnaround 604. Maternal and Newborn Health

605. India 2009 606. Climate Change Conundrum 607. Red Resurgence 608. The Enduring Epic 609. Fashioning Style 610. Living Together 611. Soldiers and States 612. Karnataka Vignettes 613. Nature Without Borders 614. The Pursuit of Happiness 615. We the People 616. From Protest to Politics

617. India 2010 618. Social Transformations 619. Women and Peace 620. States in Transition 621. Minorities and Pluralism 622. Dynasty 623. The Nation and its Poet 624. Democratizing Knowledge 625. Combating Corruption 626. Shades of Blue 627. Partnerships in Education 628. Dillee Meri Jaan

629. India 2011 630. The Lusosphere 631. Shot in the Arm 632. A Country of Our Own 633. Caste Matters 634. Ending Hunger 635. Urban Transformations 736. Streetscapes 637. God’s Own Country 638. Inclusive Classrooms 639. Institutional Legacy 640. Assam: Unstable Peace

641. India 2012 642. Constitutional Challenges 643. Eye on Kashmir 644. Tibet Burning 645. Bengal Blues 646. Politics in Our Times 647. The Indian Consumer 648. Safe Cities 649. Living Together 650.Cyber Security 651. Hasti 652. Cashing Waters

653. India 2013 654. State of Science 655. Digital debates 656. A polity in flux 657. Celebrating City Spaces 658. External engagements 659 Inheritances 660. Cultural Capital 661. The Malnourished Tribal 662. Thinking of Gandhi 663. From the Margins 664. Decoding Pakistan

665. India 2014 666. Remembering Ananthamurthy 667. Fredom and Faith 668. India in a Changing World 669. Reforming Labour Laws 670. Asia’s Waters 671. What We Knew 672. Exclusion, Discrimination, Disparity 673. Nature and History 674. State of Democracy 675. Make in India 676. Why Dance?

677. India 2015 678. The Bihar Ballot 679. Ferment in the Middle East 680. Sasian Journey 681. Nourishing Tribals 682. Changing Countryside 683. The Road From Paris 684. Measuring Democracy 685. Future Sense 686. Pedagogy of Dissent 687. Digital Dividend 688. Fashion Forward

689. India 2016 690. Nature’s Present 691. Containing Violence 692. The Modern Magazine 693. Democratic Authoritarianism 694. Bangalore’s ‘Great ransformation’ 695. Livestock Landscapes 696. Indi at 70 697. Founding Legacy 698. Revenge and Forgiveness 699. A New India 700. Contesting Impunity