Contemporary India - TransitionsPeter De Souza, Peter Ronald DeSouza With half a century behind independent India, a diverse and multidisciplinary group of scholars decided to reflect on India’s biography. The papers are grouped into five sections. Papers in section 1 look at India from a historical perspective, from the direction of literature and language, from the perspective of representations of Indian culture, and with a Dalit voice. The second section entitled Economy in Transition has papers covering industry, agriculture, welfare services, and the corporate sector. The next section examines the adopted constitutional order; institutions and processes that make up the polity; and the normative agenda for the future. Papers in section four look at such dominant themes as caste, gender, a uniform civil code, and the media in a globalised world. The last section, Goa in Transition, looks at a neglected region in India, from Goa`s finances and its environment to politics. |
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Initiating a Dialogue on India | 11 |
Civilisation in Transition | 23 |
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agriculture agro-processing areas B.R. Ambedkar Bhupat billion capital caste system cent colonial COMPOUND GROWTH RATES Congress constitution cultural dalits Delhi democratic Desai Economic and Political elections electoral emergence employment environmental expenditure exports farm input feminist fertilisers freedom frontyard gender Government of India groups hierarchy Hindu Hindutva human rights identity ideology impact income independence Indian society individuals industry institutions interests internal investment issues Kannada Labour land language legislation lower castes Luizinho Faleiro Maharashtra major ment middle class Mumbai Muslim Namboodiri NHRC organisation Oxford parties personal laws Political Weekly population post-reform period poverty poverty line production programmes Pulses legumes Ravi Naik reforms regional religious ritual role rural Sanskrit sector secular Shah Bano social status strategy structure Table tourism traditional uniform civil code upper castes village women women's movement