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Writings
General - Articles by Devaki Jain
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Sen and the Power of Language
In: Mint, August 2009
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In Amartya Sen's new book, The Idea of Justice, he has "released", another important addition to our vocabulary, public reasoning-the key to his deeply argumentative book. "Open-minded engagement in public reasoning is quite central to the pursuit of justice," he writes.
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The Universal Didi
In: Mainstream, Vol. XLVI, No 23, May 28, 2008
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About Nirmala Deshpande
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A jewel in the Himalayan crown
In: Deccan Herald, 13 January 2008
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The measure of progress that Bhutan wishes to use is Gross National Happiness, which could be a package of self strength, economic well-being and social homogeneity …
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Protecting the State and its Citizens:
the implications of the ban on Arrack sales
2007
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It is not surprising, that the people in the Arrack trade, whether they are the contractors or the brewers such as the Karnataka Arya Idigara Sangha, have raised their voice and cautioned the Government ... |
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Spaces and Hopes
In: The Hindu, April 3, 2005
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The recent special session in New York, of the Commission on the Status of Women revealed the extent to which those working for women's advancement wanted the U.N.'s space.
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The poor got a voice
In: The Hindu, September 5, 2002
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The best thing that happened to the World Summit on Sustainable Development was that it was held in South Africa ...
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For whom the bell tolls
In: The Hindu, November 2, 2000
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On the struggle in the Narmada Valley …
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Gender inequity as racism
In: The Hindu, 23 September 2000
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Every time Mr. Nelson Mandela speaks on issues of injustice, discrimination, inequality, oppression, he suggests that sexism is the other side of the coin of racism; that the two phenomena spring from the same mindset. ...
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Delhi bores and swadeshi
In: Indian Express Newspaper, Saturday, April 3, 1999
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This is an age of "abuse", by now a part of common speech and concern. To child abuse, sexual abuse, drug abuse, alcohol abuse and so on has recently been added a "swadeshi" abuse ... |
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