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“Madhu
Kishwar’s distinctive take on the
Indian predicament today revolves around
a spirited rejection of the Statism that
informs the opposition to globalizatiom
among most political formations in India,
and a defiant plea to decentralize Indian
politics to take advantage of the possibilities
that globalization opens up for India’s
poor.” |
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Ashish
Nandy, CSDS, Delhi |
“A
reader looking for India answers that go
beyond tinkering with government and the
familiar “private-public partnership”
argument would be better off picking up
Deepening Democracy by Madhu Kishwar...
What makes Ms. Kishwar’s book so readable
is her powerful writing and her fantastic,
grassroots reporting...Whether Ms Kishwar
is talking about (The Dominance of) English
or about cycle rickshaws, she succeeds in
poking such holes in the status quo that
her propositions for change cannot be ignored.
Her proposals would be medicine not only
for India but for economies across Asia
and the globe.” |
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Melana
Zyle Vickers, Far Eastern Economic Review
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For
those of us who love the ways of the modern
world and are ignorant about our glorious
past and abundant resources, Kishwar’s
tome is an eye opener. Highly recommended
for policy-makers.” |
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DEEPENING
DEMOCRACY
Challenges of Governance
and Globalization in India
As India prepares to enter an era that promises
more wealth, equity, and prosperity to its
citizens, this volume brings together essays
by noted scholar-activist Madhu Purnima
Kishwar on enduring issues such as rights,
governance, and the impact of globalization
on the average Indian citizen.
The volume covers a range of issues from
a glimpse of the License-Permit-Raid Raj
as it affects the livelihood of the self-employed
poor, to a critique of India's farm and
economic policies. It further discusses
the new divides being created by the country's
language policy to the causes and possible
remedies for ethnic conflicts in India.
A common thread running through all essays
is how most of India's contemporary problems
arise out of malgovernance, the choice of
inappropriate policies, and a lack of accountability
in government that adversely affects the
people of India, depresses their incomes
and makes it difficult for ordinary hard
working citizens to earn a simple livelihood
without payoffs and suffering numerous humiliations.
Kishwar argues that the poor need economic
freedom far more urgently than the rich
and builds a case for a bottom-up agenda
of economic reforms.
Challenging the critics of globalization,
the volume demonstrates how, if India participates
actively and intelligently in the WTO, this
will open far-reaching opportunities for
the farm sector as well as its industries.
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While acknowledging that the current trade
regime is biased in favour of powerful industrialized
nations, Kishwar points to entrenched assumptions
and positions taken by those she calls the
Anti-Globalization Brigade who claim that
liberalization and globalization are intrinsically
anti-Third World and anti-poor. Written
in a lucid and engaging style, this book
will draw a wide readership among scholars
across disciplines, in addition to activists,
journalists, policy makers, bureaucrats,
and the lay reader.
Madhu Pumima Kishwar is
a Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Study
of Developing Societies in Delhi as well
as founder-editor of Manushi. Her
books include Religion at the Service
of Nationalism and Other Essays (OUP,
1998),
Off the Beaten Track: Essays on Gender
justice for Indian Women (OUP, 2001),
Gandhi and Women (Manushi Prakashan,
1985).
Jacket photograph: Nitin Rai
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Women Bhakta Poets: |
Contains
accounts of the life and poetry of some
of the most outstanding women in Indian
history from the 6th to the 17th
century — Mirabai, Andal, Avvaiyar,
Muktabai, Janabai, Bahinabai, Lal |
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Ded, Toral,
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