Simon Fanshawe and Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah
Britain is not only more diverse than ever before but that diversity itself is growing more diverse. Today, identities are more complex and fluid than they used to be, reflecting shifting interests and allegiances. For those of us interested in equality, this new situation presents some difficult challenges. While inequality and [...]

IMF/WORLD BANK sanctimony exposed
Palash Kamruzzaman
The World Bank and IMF have proposed the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) framework for all poor countries as a condition of receiving unconditional debt relief under the HIPC Initiative. The PRSPs will also be the key vehicle for the World Bank and IMF and other donors for various assistance packages, [...]

Abdul Kalam

I have proposed this doctrine (of a World Knowledge Platform) to Government institutions, academy and industry in many countries that I have visited and also to the Indian and European Parliaments. The Republic of Korea in particular has taken it up for further action. This world knowledge platform will enable joint design, development, cost [...]

US scholars tell Obama administration
Introduction:
Nine scholars of South Asia met at New York University’s Institute of Public Knowledge in March, to discuss the politics of knowledge concerning South Asia as it connects academic and policy work in the US. They represented a range of social science, humanities and scientific disciplines, and their research focused on [...]

Laura Chappell analyses the main issues in the upcoming Indian election
Polls identify two issues - ‘security’ and ‘the economy’ – as critically important to voters
India is voting. And with elections lasting a full month, it feels like the kaleidoscope has been shaken, but the pieces are refusing to settle. The questions of who will form [...]

A strong national identity in a multiethnic society requires a strong commitment to the accommodation of difference
Ellie Vasta
Some European countries of immigration are currently experiencing a widespread ‘moral panic’ about immigrants and ethnic and religious diversity. This has led to a questioning of policies that recognize the maintenance of group difference and the formation of [...]

by Shailaja Fennell
We know that the city is the site of contention and contestation between the capitalist class and the worker as early capitalist tendencies give way to the mature stage of industrialisation. The life of Britain’s capitalist cities has been written by many hands, and the municipal corporation has taken on the mantle of [...]

The new concept of transnational migration or transnational social space has become important in socio-political terms
Migel Jayasinghe
Gordon Allport in his book The Nature of Prejudice (1954) developed a theory of prejudice against out-groups in the context of the American Civil Rights Movement which is summarised in the formulation that contact between groups under optimal conditions [...]

In recent years there has been increasing interest in relations between migrant-sending states and ‘their’ diasporas. On one hand, there has been an exponential increase in the output of literature on transnationalism. On the other, the popularity of these studies is not due to pure academic interest (if there is such a thing), but also results from their significance to questions confronting policy makers at various levels searching for ways of understanding and reacting to a world being transformed by migration.

But serious problem of food insecurity at household level, says
Dr.Nimal Sanderatne
South Asia has turned a food surplus region in recent decades. This situation changed somewhat in 2008 as a result of the increase in food consumption consequent on the rapid rise of per capita incomes, especially in India. Despite the global food crisis the overall [...]