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Beyond Catchphrases

Vol - L No. 40, October 03, 2015 

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Public-private partnerships might compound India's water problems.

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Remaking India

Vol - L No. 40, October 03, 2015 

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Deliberate steps are on to recast the country into an intolerant monoculture.

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Editorials A Silly Con "Will no one rid me of this troublesome Nehruvian legacy?" Read more	Margin Speak In Thy Name, Ambedkar Anand Teltumbde There is a rush for memorials dedicated to Ambedkar. The Sangh Parivar is leaving no stone unturned to appropriate Ambedkar who, given his vitriolic comments on Hinduism, should have been their greatest enemy. At the same time, the gap between... Read more
Commentary Death Penalty in India Reflections on the Law Commission Report Arghya Sengupta, Ritwika Sharma The Law Commission of India's 262nd report is the first official document to recommend abolition of death penalty. Its seminal recommendation notwithstanding, the commission's conclusion that divergence in judicial reasoning in the death... Read more	Commentary Nepal's New Constitution Towards Progress or Chaos? S D Muni This article traces the political evolution of the new Constitution adopted by Nepal, lists its main features and explains the points of contention which have led to violent protests. It also delineates India's role in the entire process. It... Read more
Commentary Seismic Shifts in Indian Labour Laws P J Secki The National Democratic Alliance government which came to power on the "public promise" of development is going full steam ahead with labour deregulation. Against the backdrop of government's attempts to dilute the three core... Read more	Commentary Oskar Groening's Case and Its Relevance in the Indian Context Rajashri Dasgupta Nazi war criminal Oskar Groening's case revolved around the question, could people who played only an "accessorial role" in the Nazi-ordered genocide, and had not actively killed any prisoner, still be held guilty of a crime? The... Read more
Commentary The Politics of Amnesia Olle Tornquist Fifty years ago, a failed uprising against pro-US army generals (though not against the country's president) in Indonesia became the scapegoat for pogroms and inaugurated a three-decade long period of authoritarianism. Indonesia became the... Read more	Commentary Challenges before India's Muslim Community M Hamid Ansari This is the text of the speech delivered by the Vice President of India at the inauguration of the All India Majlis-e-Mushawarat Golden Jubilee in New Delhi on 31 August 2015. This speech has received a fair amount of public attention and has... Read more
Book Reviews Towards Labour-Centred Development Rohit Azad The Global Development Crisis by Benjamin Selwyn, Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 2014; pp 224, £ 16.99. Read more	Book Reviews Innovation and India's Growth How Inclusive Are Its Achievements? M H Bala Subrahmanya Innovation in India: Combining Economic Growth with Inclusive Development edited by Shyama V Ramani, New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2014; pp 404, Rs 795. Read more
Perspectives Adivasis and the Anthropological Gaze V Sebastian Through the display of material culture, museums invoke not only an imagined Adivasi past, but also a fossilised vision of their cultural present. While these museums tend to fulfil a pedagogical function through the display of material cultural... Read more	Special Articles Children's Development Baby Steps in Odisha Reetika Khera The Integrated Child Development Services scheme and maternity entitlements can play a crucial role in improving children's food and nutrition security. Both interventions are part of the National Food Security Act, though maternity entitlements... Read more
Special Articles Don't Worry, Be Happy, A Survey of the Economics of Happiness Chirodip Majumdar, Gautam Gupta Happiness is a subjective measure of the quality of life in all its domains. Lately, the social and economic dimensions of happiness and its measurement have been the subject of some study. There are several factors that affect individual well-... Read more	Special Articles Politics of Identity and the Project of Writing History in Postcolonial India A Dalit Critique Chinnaiah Jangam The central orientation of this article is organised around Dalit identity politics and their implications on the project of writing history in postcolonial India. It critically engages with the Subaltern Studies project as a school of... Read more
Notes Respondent, a Key Factor in National-Level Surveys An Analysis K N Pathak, J S Tomar Statistics holds paramount position as a scientifi c tool to translate relevant data into information for effective policymaking. But the data collector does not receive adequate cooperation from respondents. At times, the respondents are... Read more	Discussion Economic Legacy of Colonial Rule Revisited Tirthankar Roy Continuing the debate on the economic legacy of colonial rule, the author responds to Banerjee et al's critique of his essay, also published in EPW.