The other India : realities of an emerging power / edited by Rajesh Chakrabarti.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This collection documents and analyzes, from different angles, the forces and trends that shape contemporary India's socio-economic reality. The contributors comprise an eclectic group--spiritual leaders, grassroot activists, as well as eminent thinkers from diverse fields like the judiciary, social development, environment, education, contemporary science and art. In contrast to the dominant characterization of a "Shining India" in recent years, these articles present a complex and multi-dimensional reality, essential for a balanced, objective understanding of the issues that shape today's Ind.

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Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Section I: India-Seven Portraits; 1 -- India-21st Century Disconnects; 2 -- Secularism in India-A Minority Perspective; 3 -- The Struggle of an Artist; 4 -- An Aesthetic of Erasures; 5 -- Shaping India's Agricultural Destiny; 6 -- Inclusive Sustainable Development; Section II: Faith that Heals-Religion and Social Justice; 7 -- Religion and Social Justice; 8 -- Religion in the Quest for Global Justice and Peace; Section III: The Violence of Religious Identities; 9 -- Terrorism-Causes and Remedies; 10 -- From the Age of Anxiety to the Age of Fear.

11 -- Defi ne Terrorism, and You Could be Targeting Your Own Leaders12 -- Justice for Peace-Challenges from Gujarat; Section IV: Nature-Sustaining the Sustainer; 13 -- Earth Democracy, Living Democracy; 14 -- Unfair Land Deals, Unjust Water Grab; Section V: Actions and Reactors in War and Peace; 15 -- Peace-Imperative for South Asia; 16 -- Nuclear Energy-Hardly an Unmixed Blessing; Section VI: Justice; 17 -- Caste-A Persistent Mind Disease; 18 -- The Buddha and the Caste System; 19 -- The Human Price of Flawed Development; 20 -- Unorganized Sector Labor-A Reality Check.

21 -- The Extent of Bonded Labor in India22 -- The Civil Service and the Right to Dissent; 23 -- Appointing the Judges; Section VII: CollectiveSuccess; 24 -- Food from the Courts; 25 -- Water Harvesting in Arid Rajasthan and Himalaya-A Story of Community Action; 26 -- Empowering Women-The SEWA Experience; About the Editor and Contributors.

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