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The Changing Perspective of Indian Society and the Vision of Gandhiji.
Author - Dr.Shriram Nikam
Abstract - The process of social nationalism which was occupied 19th century Indian society turned into political nationalism by the newly borne militant nationalists at the cost of social reforms and condemned the Indians into the dichotomy of social vs. political reforms, secularism vs. religion. On this background Gandhiji emerged as national leader to emancipate the nation from the clutches of foreign yoke. On the eve of an introduction of democratic institutions in the country by the alien rule, Gandhiji has obliged to extend his association with the newly borne democratic process on one hand and to mobilize the masses against the colonial rule on the other. However, he has to undertake the social problems simultaneously as the cries of suppressed and oppressed people may not be shut up. Hence Gandhiji started to undertake the social problems by using the liberal idiom of religion on varna and caste.
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Sri Lanka : Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Management Process.
Author - Dr.P.S.Amrutkar
Abstract - South Asia is the region of conflicts in various manners. Ethnic Conflict is one of the important forms of conflict which affects peace and stability of the region.The complexity and magnitude of the Sri Lankan conflict have grown over the last five decades, making it one of the most protracted and devastating conflicts in the world today. With the prolongation of conflict, the chances for establishing peace have become distant, the gap between two communities (Sinhalese and Tamils) has widened and new elements have been introduced to the conflict. The case of Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka is much more complex business than a simple straight forward confrontation between a once well entrenched minority the Tamils and powerful but insecure majority the Sinhalese. It is a classic case of a sense of relative deprivation.
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Backwardness among Indian Muslims: A need to go beyond Sacchar
Author - Dr.K.S.Shakir
Abstract -.This paper seeks to address two important issues pertaining to problem of Muslims in India: backwardness among Indian Muslims and the need for a change in their attitude in the changing socio-political context of the country. After independence, even as the country embarked on a definite path of growth and its myriad communities joined the bandwagon to progress, the Muslims have tended to remain comparatively stagnant and underdeveloped. On all possible parameters – social, educational and economic – Sacchar Commission found them lurching at the bottom with their condition being worse than that of Dalit. Sacchar Commission did not, however, say anything new when it said Muslims were seriously lagging behind. It only confirmed what the hordes of Muslim scholars – M. Mujeeb, A.A Engineer, Moin Shakir, Rafiq Zakaria, Wahiduddin Khan, Mushirul Hasan and others - had been saying for long about the Muslims who were increasingly being marginalized and ghettoized in the independent India.
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