Contemporary India Transitions

Download or read book Contemporary India - Transitions written by Peter De Souza and published by SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited. This book was released on 2000 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.