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Jyoti basu is dead

Dr.B.R.Ambedkar

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Economic and Political Weekly

   
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November 28, 2009

[EDITORIALS]

17 Years since 6 December 1992

There will never be a closure to the black event that was the Babri Masjid demolition.  [Abstract]  [Full Article]


The Right to Know

The proposed amendments to the RTI Act will reduce and not expand its scope and power.  [Abstract]  [Full Article]


[ON EVE OF COPENHAGEN]

Copenhagen Battle for Climate Action with Equity

 Martin Khor

It now seems certain that the United Nations conference on climate change in Copenhagen in December will not see the adoption of a detailed and legally binding agreement  [Abstract]  [Full Article]


The Copenhagen Agreed Outcome: Form, Shape and Influence

 Lavanya Rajamani

This article explores first, why a legally binding instrument is unlikely to emerge from the UN conference on climate change at Copenhagen, and next, whether it matters and if so, why  [Abstract]  [Full Article]


[COMMENTARY]

National Green Tribunal Bill, 2009: Proposals for Improvement

 Armin Rosencranz , Geetanjoy Sahu

The government is to introduce in the winter session of Parliament legislation to give effect to a suggestion made by the Supreme Court over the years: establishment of "green tribunals" which would deal with environmental litigation  [Abstract]  [Full Article]


Girl Child Protection Scheme in Tamil Nadu: An Appraisal

 Sharada Srinivasan , Arjun S Bedi

The Girl Child Protection Scheme in Tamil Nadu was introduced in 1992; surveys and data analysis show that between the late 1990s and 2002-03, daughter elimination has declined sharply  [Abstract]  [Full Article]


Assessing Gujarat's 'Chiranjeevi' Scheme

 Akash Acharya , Paul McNamee

More than 5,000 women die every year in Gujarat due to pregnancy complications in remote and tribal areas  [Abstract]  [Full Article]


[INSIGHT]

Maharashtra Polls: Continuity amidst Social Volatility

 Suhas Palshikar , Rajeshwari Deshpande , Nitin Birmal

The outcome of the Maharashtra assembly elections of 2009 cannot be associated with any particular moment in the history of the state's politics; nor can it be attributed to the organisational prowess of the ruling alliance  [Abstract]  [Full Article]


[SPECIAL ARTICLES]

Exclusionary Urbanisation in Asia: A Macro Overview

 Amitabh Kundu

Studies on internal migration are constrained by the fact that no international organisation systematically collects or tabulates even the basic demographic information on internal migration in a cross-sectionally and temporally comparable manner  [Abstract]  [Full Article]


Through the Magnifying Glass: Women's Work and Labour Force Participation in Urban Delhi

 Ratna M Sudarshan , Shrayana Bhattacharya

A study conducted in urban Delhi through a household survey between September and November 2006 estimates a greater female workforce participation rate than recorded in the National Sample Survey  [Abstract]  [Full Article]


[COMMENTARY]

Is Relative Size of Minority Population Linked to Underdevelopment?

 Mohd Sanjeer Alam

West Bengal provides a good context to examine whether the relative size of a minority population is linked to underdevelopment  [Abstract]  [Full Article]


[DISCUSSION]

Lohia and Language

 Sudhanva Deshpande

Was Rammanohar Lohia a Hindi chauvinist after all? Sudhanva Deshpande's response to Yogendra Yadav goes in search of Lohia's writings on language and finds them supporting Hindi parochialism  [Abstract]  [Full Article]


[BOOK REVIEWS]

Memory and Identity in Creative History

 Aniket Jaaware

Creative Pasts: Historical Memory and Identity in Western India 1700-1960 by Prachi Deshpande  [Abstract]  [Full Article]


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