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January–June 2016 Volume 9 • Issue 3 & 4 The Quarterly Newsletter from Release of “Purdah to Piccadilly” by Prof Zarina Bhatty in the presence of Justice Leila Seth, Justice T S Thakur, Hon’ble Chief Justice of India released “Unravelling the Kashmir former Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh, Prof Romila Thapar, Emeritus Professor, Jawaharlal Knot” by Dr Aman M Hingorani in the presence of Justice Dalveer Bhandari, Nehru University, Prof Shohini Ghosh, Professor, AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia and Hon’ble Member, International Court of Justice at The Hague, Ambassador Asoke Mr Vivek Mehra, MD and CEO, SAGE Publications at an event held in New Delhi. Kumar Mukerji, Former Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, Mr M K Raina, Renowned Actor and Director, Theatre and Films, and Cultural Activist, Mr Siddharth Varadarajan, Eminent Journalist and Founding Editor, The Wire and Mr Vivek Mehra, MD and CEO, SAGE Publications at an event held in New Delhi. Prof Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate and Professor, Harvard University released “Untranquil Recollections” by Prof Rehman Sobhan in the presence of Ms Sharmila Tagore, Eminent Actor, Prof A K Shiva Kumar, Convenor, Kolkata Group and Mr Vivek Mehra, MD and CEO, SAGE Publications at National Library, Kolkata. Turn to back inner for a sneak preview of Performing Shakespeare in India by Shormishtha Panja and Babli Moitra Saraf An unconventional take on the Kashmir issue… Table of A fresh insight, from a legal, historical and practical perspective, on the persistent and at Contents speak times violent dispute between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. Business & Management 21-27 Writing on Kashmir is a issue and conferred a disputed territory status on J&K. difficult and even dangerous Hence, we need a finding from the ICJ, which will be Communication & affair in India. What binding on both India and Pakistan and all other members Media Studies 19-20 motivated you to write on of the UN, that the whole of J&K belongs to us. If ICJ gives author such a sensitive issue? a verdict in our favour, then other nations will have to ask Cultural Studies 10 In 1995, I was searching for a Pakistan and China to vacate the territory of J&K under topic for my doctoral thesis. their occupation. Economics & My father, who was a pre- Development Studies 12-14 This book suggests that law alone cannot resolve the partition lawyer, suggested that Kashmir issue. Explain the statement and the way I examine the Kashmir issue Education 28-29 forward in resolving the issue? Dr Aman M Hingorani as every conceivable principle of law had been turned on its The legal reference to Environmental Studies 15 head in creating and sustaining this issue. I, as such, had the ICJ by itself will not no connection with Kashmir and believed that this would resolve the Kashmir issue; Governance 18 give me the objectivity to look at an area that interested that is only the first step. me academically. The second step would Health 30 be to regain the moral What according to you led to the genesis of the authority to be in J&K and History 8-9 Kashmir despute? to undo past mistakes. Peace & Conflict Studies 18 The Kashmir problem is the end-product of the British We must restore the colonial politics on the Indian sub-continent. The British sanctity of Article 370 of the Constitution, roll Politics & International did not want to let go of the entire subcontinent as they Relations 16-18 needed a friendly state in the north western part of India back AFSPA and try new methods of conflict for their Great Game with Russia. And so, despite J&K’s Research Methods 30 accession to India in accordance with law, the British resolution, and address the adverse ground ensured, with the help of the international community, that Social Work 11 the areas of Kashmir needed by the British were retained realities. Whether we will by Pakistan (and through Pakistan, the British). be able to win over the confidence of the people Hardback: ` 995 Sociology 1-7 978-93-515-0971-4 Do you think it would be a viable solution if India goes of J&K will ultimately to the ICJ against Pakistan and China for reclaiming depend on the character Special Needs Education 29 of Indian State and of the men and women who run it. its territory? Urban Studies 14 We created doubts about the unconditional nature of the accession of J&K to India, internationalized the Kashmir Journals 31-40 19th April 2016 HR IS NOT A PRODUCT TO BE SOLD, BUT A PROCESS TO BE LIVED People Matters talks to Dr T V Rao and Dr Anil K Khandelwal about their book, ‘HRD, OD and Institution Building: Essays in Memory of Udai Pareek’, the legacy of Dr Pareek, his work principles and their relevance in the contemporary world. that we have forgotten in this commotion and 33 authors contributed. They have of business and commoditization of HR. penned down their original thoughts, Dr Rao: HR may have become a product based on their own experiences and to be sold, when it is a process to be lived. knowledge in the areas of institution This book describes the current state of building, OD and HRD. HRD through the writings of contributors Dr Udai Pareek was also an instrumental and also highlights their journey into HRD figure in the turn-around story of Bank by another few HR Leaders. of Baroda. Dr. Khandelwal, how did he influence you? Dr Anil K Khandelwal and Dr T V Rao Who are the contributors to the book? What were the criteria of their selection? Dr Khandelwal: I first met Udai Pareek Tell us about the nature of the book. Dr Khandelwal: Eminent people in his program on role efficacy in 1981. What was the idea behind it? have contributed to the book. Some He later invited me to complete my Dr Khandelwal: Udai Pareek did a lot of names which come to mind are Pradip professional membership with ‘Indian work for HRD, providing seminal ideas. Khandwalla, Rolph Linton, Roland Sullivan, Society for Applied Behavioral Science’ We wanted to reignite his legacy, and Vijay Vyas, Abad Ahmad and Somnath (ISABS). I often interacted with Dr Pareek believed a book is the best way to do it. Chattopadhyay. All of them are leading and he took immense interest in my Udai Pareek stood for much bigger values scholars and practitioners – the one thing development. Later, when I was the CMD in HR, something he called OCTAPAC common is that all of them had known of BoB, he was engaged as a process – ‘Openness’, ‘Confrontation’, ‘Trust’, Udai Pareek in some way or the other. consultant with us and helped us design ‘Autonomy’, ‘Proaction’, ‘Authenticity’ HR and OD interventions for the bank’s SAGE Response Dr Rao: We invited around 100 selected transformation. and ‘Collaboration’. He talked of institution contributors on the basis of that criterion, Hardback: ` 1195 building, higher purpose and values, things 978-93-515-0818-2 SectionSOCIOLOGY Header EMBODYINGEM VALUED DAUGHTERS MOTHERHOOD First-Generation Career Women Perspective from Contemporary Alice W Clark Former India Instructor, University of California-Berkeley Extension Anu Aneja Director, School of Gender and Development Studies, IGNOU, Valued Daughters studies the transition of Delhi and Shubhangi Vaidya Assistant agency and self-identity in young women Professor, School of Interdisciplinary and aspiring for a career. This book traces the spread of ambition for lifetime careers Trans-disciplinary Studies, IGNOU, Delhi among young women in urban India, who Embodying Motherhood examines are effecting many changes by stepping motherhood discourse in urban India, out of their traditional roles to pursue higher in the context of prevailing motherhood education and jobs. It analyses intersecting ideologies from a feminist perspective. The transitions—demographic, educational, authors’ particular location as mothers and feminist scholars within economic, social, and cultural, with their individual histories and an urban Indian setting and their diverse disciplinary backgrounds trajectories—that form the context of this study. Using first-hand in social sciences and literary and cultural studies informs the narratives of women and their families, this book illustrates a new interdisciplinary and intersectional framework of the book. and changing sense of self among these daughters, whose mothers The book engages with patriarchal motherhood ideologies and never had careers of their own. brings to the fore narratives of oppression and resistance. 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The Intersecting Transitions / A History of Women among Men / Gender and book contributes to an ongoing contemplation of the experience of Demography: Paradoxical Effects / Professional Aspirations and Education in Cities / Status-raising as a Father–Daughter Project / Educated Elites in a New contemporary motherhoods and seeks to engage with and transform Gender Era / Embedded Agency: Gains, Losses, and Unborn Hopes / Social motherhood discourse in India. It will be valuable reading for students Reproduction and the Professional Imaginary / Toward Gender Transformation and scholars of gender studies, psychoanalysis, literary and culture / Bibliography / Index studies, and sociology, as well as all individuals who seek to find 2016 • 212 pages • Hardback (978-9-351-50888-5) • ` 595.00 alternative ways of being mothers.