Childhoods in India : Traditions, trends, and transformations / edited by T. S. Saraswathi, Shailaja Menon and Ankur Madan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: List of Figures and Tables. Contributors. Foreword by Shantha Sinha. Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction Shailaja Menon and T.S. Saraswathi I. History and Politics of Childhood 1. Colonial Modernity and the 'Child Figure': Re-configuring the Multiplicity in 'Multiple Childhoods' Sarada Balagopalan 2. Did Girls Have a Childhood in the Past? Mythologies, Ideologies, Histories Uma Chakravarthi 3. India's Children and the Brave New World Vasanthi Raman II. Socio Cultural Perspectives 4. Childhood, Culture and the Social Sciences: What We Have Gained and What We maybe in the Process of Losing Nandita Chaudhary 5. Parent - Child Relations: Changing Contours and Emerging Trends Ankur Madan, Rajashree Srinivasan and Kinnari Pandya 6. Bala Krishna: A Paradigm of Childhood Relevant to the Present Time Jane H. Sahi 7. Baccha log, taali bajao: Orphans in Cinematic Imagination Nidhi Gulati 8. Representing Marginalised Childhoods in Contemporary Graphic Novels and Picture Books in India Devika Mehra III. Education and Schooling 9. Construction of Children in Indian Educational Curricular and Policy Documents (1964-2005): Implications for Education Shailaja Menon and Rakhi Banerjee 10. Education and Gender: A Critical Analysis of Policies in India Jyotsna Jha 11. Childhood as 'Risky', and Life as 'Skills': Social Implications of Psycho-educational Programmes R. Maithreyi 12. Cultures of Fear: Children in School Rahul Mukhopadhyay and Kamala Mukunda IV. Law, Practice, and Policy 13. Right to Childhood and Equitable Access to Justice Asha Bajpai 14. The Journey of Paediatrics from Vedic to Neoteric Pratibha Singhi and Arushi G. Saini 15. Food and Nutrition in Childhood: Ensuring Dietary Adequacy, Diversity and Choice Shreelatha Rao Seshadri 16. Social Policy and Research Interface: Challenges and Prospects Venita Kaul and Meenakshi Dogra. Epilogue Child Rights: A Dialogue T.S. Saraswathi and Shailaja Menon. Glossary. Index