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Thapar Romila

India : Another millennium? - New Delhi Viking /Penguing Books India 2000 - 317p vii

CONTENTS:
Note on Contributors vii;
Will a Millennium be Coming Our Way? Romila Thapar ix;
Slow and Almost Steady Krishna Kumar 1;
The Present in the Past: Trajectories for the Social History of Science Dhruv Raina;
The Idea of Gender Equality: From Legislative Vision to Everyday Family Practices Bina Agarwal 36;
Thinking Through Culture: A Perspective for the Millennium Rustom Bharucha 66;
India's Unmodern Modernity Dipankar Gupta 85;
The Balance of Democracy Sunil Khilnani 108;
Dalits in Pursuit of Modernity Gopal Guru 123;
A Minority Moves into Another Millennium Javeed Alam 137;
The Age of Inequality P. Sainath 152;
The Future of Marxism Prabhat Patnaik 169;
Whither India? The Prospect of Prosperity Kaushik Basu 193;
Making India a Significant IT Player in This Millennium N.R. Narayana Murthy 212;
The Great Indian Media Bazaar: Emerging Trends and Issues for the Future N. Ram241;
The Future of the Environment: Beyond Utopia and Doomsday Mahesh Rangarajan 293;
Index 307.

ISBN: 9780140298833

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Socio-Economic Development - India - History - 20th Century

Dewey Class. No.: 338.900000 / THA