Economic & Political Weekly: Table of Contents

How Modi-Speak Boomeranged in Bihar

Vol - L No. 46-47, November 21, 2015 | Ratnakar Tripathy 

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Different visions and different meanings of development are at the heart of the Bihar verdict. This article locates the election results in the interactions between the almost 50 years of upsurge of the middle castes and the shifting meanings of slogans like empowerment and development.

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Confronting the Sangh Parivar

Passive and Active Resistance

Vol - L No. 46-47, November 21, 2015 | Sumanta Banerjee 

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The Bihar post-election scenario provides both the secular political parties and leaders of civil society movement an opportunity for coming together to plan alternative strategies and tactics to preserve the secular and democratic basis of our Constitution and pluralistic culture of our society, and protect citizens from the depredations of the Sangh Parivar.

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Editorials Playing with Foreign Investment Policy The new policy on foreign investment is only concerned with augmenting inflows. Read more	Special Articles States, Tribes, Castes A Historical Re-exploration in Comparative Perspective Sumit Guha This paper begins by pointing out that the way the term "tribe" is used in Indian sociology and political discourse does not fit the observed characteristics of the peoples labelled such in any part of the world. It then reconsiders the long... Read more
Tea Plantation Labour Living Conditions of Tea Plantation Workers Sharit K Bhowmik The strike by women workers in the tea plantations of Kerala brings to fore the miserable living conditions of the workers in this sector across the country. With more than a million permanent workers, the tea plantation industry is the largest... Read more	Tea Plantation Labour Munnar: Through the Lens of Political Ecology K T Rammohan, Swathi Soman, Elizabeth Joseph The workers of the tea plantations of Munnar cannot bank on a future based on rising wages. A critical discussion of the history of settlement, plantations and accumulation in the region suggests that they need to acquire a share in the income... Read more
Perspectives Capital and the New Xenophobia Tabish Khair Xenophobia, the fear or dislike of strangers, can be seen throughout the course of history in the form of communal riots, racist attacks, religious hatred and genocide. This article traces the changes in xenophobic thinking over the past three... Read more	Editorials Adopting a New Approach The new adoption guidelines require more deliberation and fine-tuning. Read more
Editorials When Blank Spaces Speak The protest by Nagaland editors is one that editors elsewhere should heed. Read more	Commentary Road to Antalya and Istanbul Burak Akçapar Turkey’s presidency of the G-20 saw initiatives that are in sync with the imperative of an inclusive world order. They set the tone for the agenda of the recently concluded G-20 summit at Antalya. They have also prepared the ground for the... Read more
Notes Culture, Gender Bias and Beliefs Surrounding the 'Nakusa' Girls of Maharashtra V P Shijith, T V Sekher In rural Maharashtra, many parents have named their daughters "Nakusa/Nakoshi." In Marathi that means "unwanted." The parents hope the next child will be a boy. Most of these girls are the third or fourth daughters of their... Read more	Commentary Impact of Fourteenth Finance Commission Karnataka Budget, 2015–16 Pranay Kotasthane, Varun K Ramachandra This article identifies the Karnataka government's responses and adjustments to the Fourteenth Finance Commission as a result of changes in the tied,untied and overall transfers from the union government. It also highlights the impact of... Read more
Commentary Community Land Reserves Shirish B Patel Community Land Reserves (called Community Land Trusts in the US) have been in existence around the world for over 40 years. They are non-profit organisations with a mission to provide affordable housing to low income groups, for all time. Someone... Read more	Commentary 'Hurt': Old Sentiment, New Claims Manash Bhattacharjee Hurt is the new categorical weapon against power. It has managed to divide the social, political and even aesthetic world into two camps: those who hurt and those who are hurt. The camps of hurt are social and political in nature and are fighting... Read more
Special Articles Of Militarisation, Counter-insurgency and Land Grabs in Kashmir Peer Ghulam Nabi, Jingzhong Ye It is sometimes claimed that Operation Sadbhavana, a counter-insurgency programme deployed to win the "hearts and minds" of the alienated masses of Kashmir has been successful. The local populace, however, considers these programmes as a tactic... Read more	Special Articles Culture, Community and Institutions Voluntary Provision of Public Goods in Maharashtra Neeraj Hatekar, Savita Kulkarni, Parinaaz Mehta Mainstream economic theory holds that economic agents are purely self-interested players. However, individual preferences could be socially determined by sustained enculturation in contexts that emphasise and applaud cooperative behaviour that... Read more
Book Reviews An Account of India's Employment and Labour Market Problems Dipak Mazumdar Labour, Employment and Economic Growth in Indiaedited by K V Ramaswamy, New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2015; pp xviii + 324, Rs 895 (hb). Read more	Book Reviews Revisiting the Archaeological Historiography of South Asia Jaya Menon Artefacts of History: Archaeology, Historiography and Indian Pasts by Sudeshna Guha, New Delhi: Sage, 2015; pp xiii+274, Rs 995. Read more
Notes From Opposition to Acquiescence The 2015 District Council Elections in Manipur Kham Khan Suan Hausing The debut of Nagaland People's Front in the 2015 district council elections in Manipur with the tacit support of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) and United Naga Council marks a change in Naga politics--a change from... Read more	Discussion NSSO 71st Round Same Data, Multiple Interpretations Nishant Jain, Alok Kumar, Sunil Nandraj, Kheya Melo Furtado A comment on the article "Falling Sick, Paying the Price: NSS 71st Round on Morbidity and Costs of Healthcare" (EPW, 15 August 2015) which suggests that the National Sample Survey Offi ce's 71st round on social consumption of health can be read... Read more
Postscript Cow Speak P S Leela In our country cows are often tethered but they surely deserve space to graze and romp around. Read more	Postscript Old Cars, Old Buildings, Old Rum Gautam Rayaprolu Wandering through Havana is like going back in time, for Cuba is a unique country that has striven to preserve the past. Read more
Postscript Cattle Tattle Samares Kumar Das “Extension education” in agriculture is useful in teaching farmers to learn by doing, as one veterinarian discovered in rural Bengal.