Dr B.R. Ambedkar: A Study in Just Society

Dr B.R. Ambedkar: A Study in Just Society

By- James Massey

Published in association with Centre
for Dalit/Subaltern Studies

The theme ‘just society’ is the main subject which runs throughout this work, as envisaged by Babasaheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. The entire discussion is based mainly upon his original writings. Besides the main theme, this work also carries the detailed discussions on the related themes, which include: ‘Buddha’s Dhamma’, ‘Dalits and the Conversion’, ‘Christianity and the Dalit Christians’, ‘Dalits: A Minority’ and ‘Framing the Constitution’. The author intentionally has allowed
Dr Ambedkar to speak for himself, therefore the readers will find many quotations throughout this work. The themes discussed are most relevant today, therefore it is being offered to the readers with this belief that Dr B.R. Ambedkar’s thoughts can became the basis of dealing with the current problems related to the Dalits, tribals, women, minorities and other weaker sections of the Indian society.

Introduction; 1. Buddha’s Dhamma; 2. Dalits and the Conversion; 3. Christianity and Dalit Christians; 4. Dalits: A Minority; 5. Framing the Constitution; 6. Vision of a ‘Just Society’; Index.

 James Massey is currently the General-Secreatay/Director of Dalit Solidarity Peoples in India, which is a national multi-faith movement. He is also the Hon. Director of the Centre for Dalit Studies, New Delhi. He also worked actively for inter-faith dialogue in the Indian context with special interest in Sikh religion. For his work in Sikh religion he was awarded Doctor of Philosophy by Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany, and again Post-Doctoral Academic Degree (Habilitation) in the field of Religious Studies by the same university.



ISBN  81-7304-523-2  2003   124p.   Rs.250/Pounds 35

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Divorce and Remarriage among Muslims in India

Divorce and Remarriage among Muslims in India

By- Imtiaz Ahmad (ed)

Divorce is usually studied in terms of two distinct perspectives. One focuses on the procedure laid down for giving the seal of final authority to a divorce. The other explores the processes that are set in motion once the stability of a marriage is threatened. The latter perspective does not see divorce in isolation but treats it in the wider context of social structure.

When divorce in Muslim communities is discussed, the tendency quite often is to place theology and law at the centre. This book recognizes that divorce in Muslim communities entails substantial theological and legal dimensions, but takes as its point of departure the view that it is only by placing divorce in the social and cultural context that meaningful conclusions can be arrived at. It examines, in the light of empirical evidence, the incidence of divorce and separation, the social and other causes due to which divorce and separation takes place, and the position of divorced women in society as well as their prospects of remarriage. In the process substantial methodological and theoretical questions relevant to the study of divorce as a social phenomenon are raised.

The book has an immediate practical aim as well. Muslim law of divorce, particularly the provision of triple divorce, which vests a unilateral right in the husband to pronounce a summary divorce upon his wife, has been the subject of considerable controversy. Essentially, the papers brought together in this book are sociological analyses of divorce and remarriage among Muslims in India and the data thrown up as part of these analyses should clear some points in the controversy.

Imtiaz Ahmad is former Professor of Sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

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Delhi Dialogue III: Beyond the First Twenty Years of India-ASEAN Engagement

Delhi Dialogue III: Beyond the First Twenty Years of India-ASEAN Engagement

By- S.T. Devare and Vibhanshu Shekhar (eds.)

This volume offers a comprehensive account of India-ASEAN Relations with a roadmap for the future, involving both practitioners as well as the larger academic community. Moreover, it provides a fresh insight into the intent and strategies of the Indian government in developing relations with its Southeast Asian neighbourhoods. This volume is a reservoir of information on the evolution and growth of India’s Look East policy and a sincere effort to reach out to the wider national and international relationship of India-ASEAN comprehensive engagement.

Sudhir T. Devare is the Director General, Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi, one of the oldest think-tanks in India. He served for 37 years in the Indian Foreign Service and was India’s Ambassador to South Korea, Ukraine, Armenia, Georgia and Indonesia. He has authored and edited books on India and Southeast Asia, and written on various aspects of Indian diplomacy and regional affairs in the Asia-Pacific.

Vibhanshu Shekhar is Research Fellow, Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi. In addition to contribution to national and international academic journals.

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