June 02, 2007

Mainstream VOL XLV No 24 New Delhi June 2, 2007

Message to India Inc in Prevailing Scenario

SUBHASH GATADE
– J’ Accuse! : A Children’s Doctor and a Mighty State

KUNAL GHOSH
– A Fresh Look at Singur in the Light of Climate Change Warning

RAVINDRA SHARMA
– UP Polls Outcome : End to Mandal-Masjid Politics and Emergence of Mayawati

CHATURANAN MISHRA
– Basic Causes of Muslim Backwardness

FROM N.C.’S WRITINGS
– GETTING READY FOR LOK SABHA POLL

The Scheduled Castes in Higher Education
2 June 2007, by Sujit Kumar Choudhry

Caste and class in Indian society and polity have been the subjects of a long-standing and ongoing debate. A number of perspectives have been brought to bear upon the issue. Some sociologists have gone beyond a community and looked into the question of status and power relations among different groups and sub-groups of various castes. However, the caste system in India is still relevant in all fronts of human life. It is not only manifested in the social discrimination but also in the (…)
Getting Ready for Lok Sabha Poll
2 June 2007, by Nikhil Chakravartty

The dramatic change-over of the govern-ment in the Uttar Pradesh marks a veritable turning-point in our present-day politics. The ouster of Mulayam Singh Yadav and the installation of Mayawati in his place heralds the beginning of the season of preparations for the Lok Sabha poll. The whole episode—which was in the nature of a coup—reflects the moves and counter-moves on the part of all the major parties in the coming parliamentary elections. If the breaking up of the SP-BSP alliance and the (…)