Many of the struggles in postcolonial India have been over the right to use natural resources. Today, after more than sixty years of independence, issues of control over land, forests and water resources remain extremely contentious. Legal Grounds is a collection of essays edited by Nandini Sundar which seeks to explore how the state…
In recent years there has been much concern at the reckless, unregu-lated and destructive exploitation of groundwater in many parts ofIndia and a general agreement on the urgent need for regulation, though there have been differences on the form and modalities of regulation. From his writings in the Economic and Political Weekly…
Literature on the relationship between gender and violence has largely focused on theorizing specific acts of violence (rape, dowry, female infanticide, domestic violence among others) or on documenting the experiences of violence against women across the world. The latest publication by the editors Piya Chatterjee (Associate Professor…
China and India are among the few exceptions in the world which continue to show stark deprivations that are specific to women orgirl children while the per capita GDP growth has been moving ahead at a phenomenal pace. Neglect of a section of the population has resulted in the lower survival rates of women and female children…
Over the last three and a half decades or so, one of the most striking phenomena has been the emergence of the medical industry as the second largest industry in the world, after, of course, arms.
This volume is the outcome of a regional conference, called the Second SAARC Business Conclave that brought together a numberof key players from the private sector, policy makers, and academics who expressed hope that if the reform processes are in place, South Asia has the potential to achieve and sustain higher growth…