F1.2 CONTEMPORARY INDIA

 

F1.2 CONTEMPORARY INDIA

Unit 1

 India as 'society'; 'civilization'; 'nation-state'; India's emergence from the freedom

struggle as a nation-state.

Unit 2 

The Constitution : its framework and scope; major social policies enshrined in

the Constitution; provision related to childhood and education; concurrent status

of education; National Policy on Education (1986).

Unit 3

 Economic Issues : poverty and inequality; employment; private and public sector;

new economic policy.

Unit 4

 Political issues : main features of the democratic system; central, state-level and

local systems of government.

Unit 5

 Social and Cultural Issues : major characteristics of India's pluralist make-up;

gender-related issues; family and child-rearing in India (to be studied with the

help of a project based on locally done ield work).

Unit 6 

Major Issues in Contemporary India (to be studied by class-room and individual

projects) : childhood in India; environment and development; reservation as an

egalitarian policy; social conflict.

READINGS

1. Bhaduri, Amit and Deepak Nayyar. The Intelligent Person's Guide to Liberalization, Penguin

Books India: New Delhi, 1996.

2. Dubey, S.C. Indian Society, National Book Trust: New Delhi, 2001 (Reprint)

3. Heehs, Peter. India's Freedom Struggle 1857-1947: a short history, Oxford University Press:

New York, 1988.

4. Hussain, S. Abid. The National Culture of India, National Book Trust: New Delhi, 1994.

5. Kashyap, S.C. The Constitution of India, National Book Trust: New Delhi 1994.

6. Khilnani, Sunil. The Idea of India, Penguin: New Delhi, 1999.

7. Shah, A.M. Family in India: Critical Essays, Orient Longman: New Delhi, 1988.

Students are expected to see the following periodicals regularly : Mainstream, Seminar, Yojanaa nd Frontline.

ADVANCED READINGS

1. Bhasin, Kamala What is Patriarchy?, Kali for Women: New Delhi, 1994.

2 Centre for Science and Environment, State of India's Environment: A citizens Report, CSE: NewD elhi, Updated ed.

3. Kothari, Rajani. Politics and the People, Vol.-I & II, Ajanata Publications : Delhi, 1989.

4. Hr, 01. T HHT it fTT, TAHT YGTNIT: fevi, 1993.

5 Masani, Minoo. Our India, Oxford University Press: Calcutta, 1949.

6. Nehru, Jawaharlal. The Discovery of India, Oxford University Press : New Delhi, 1989.

7. Guha, Ramchandran. The Unquiet Woods : Ecological Change and Peasant Resistance in the Himalayas, UCA: Los Angeles, 1990.

8. Sadgopal,Anil.Shiksha Mein badlav ka Sawal: Samajik Anubhav se Niyati Tak, Granth Shilpi, Delhi 2000

9. Seminar. Childhood Today, 275, July 1982; Child Labour, 350, October 1988; Constitutional

Commitment, 464, April 1998; Poverty and Famine, Education and ldeology, 400, December 1992;

Family Matters, 424, December 1994.

10. Sinha, Shanta. Child Labour and Educational Policy in India, The Administrator, July - October,

1996, pp 17-39.

11. Srinivas, M. N. Social Change in Modern India, Orient Longman: New Delhi, 1995.

12. Thappar, Romila. Past and Prejudice, National Book Trust: New Delhi, 1985.

13. Thappar, Romika (ed) India: Another Millenniunm?, Penguin: New Delhi, 2000.

14. Tracts for the Time series (Relevant Titles) Orient Longman: New Delhi.