Economic & Political Weekly VOL 45 No. 41 October09-15, 2010 Read/Download

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CONTENTS
EDITORIALS
The Undermining of Justice
Rather than helping solve the problem, the majority judgment has strengthened extremism.
COMMENTARY
Ayodhya Verdict: Bad Theology, Without Justice
G Arunima
One of the most damaging consequences of the recent judgment by the Allahabad High Court on the dispute over the Babri Masjid is that it has provided a legal cover for a subtle shift from devasthana (holy place) to janmasthana (birthplace)
EDITORIALS
With Powerful Backers in High Places
Blame the political establishment for the great financial crisis and advance the ideology of laissez-faire!
SPECIAL ARTICLES
Some Explorations into India’s Post-Independence Growth Process, 1950/51-2002/03: The Demand Side

Mritiunjoy Mohanty , V N Reddy
Aggregate demand growth in India during 1950-51 to 2002-03 has been consumption-driven at the margin, with the relative contribution of consumption having risen in the high growth phase covering the period 1980-81 to 2002-03
H T PAREKH FINANCE COLUMN
Private Bank Licensing: Very Few Will Qualify
T T Ram Mohan
The Reserve Bank of India’s discussion paper on entry of new banks in the private sector lists a number of issues in the next round of licensing of such banks
COMMENTARY
The Food Industry in India and Its Logic
Rahul Goswami
In 2010, the links between the financial markets and agricultural trade flows have become both stronger and more visible
PERSPECTIVES
Sri Lanka Becomes a Dictatorship
Rohini Hensman
The rushed passing of the 18th amendment to the Sri Lankan constitution by parliament – allowing for greater powers and removal of term limits for the executive presidency – has precipitated the descent of Sri Lanka into a dictatorship
COMMENTARY
An Overview of Resistance against Industrial Tree Plantations in the Global South
Julien-Francois Gerber
Industrial tree plantations for wood, palm oil and rubber are generating an increasing number of confl icts between companies and local populations
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Birbhum
Subhasish Dey , Arjun S Bedi
This study of the functioning of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme between February 2006 and July 2009 in Birbhum district, West Bengal reveals that in order to serve as an effective “employer of last resort”, the programme should provide
Scheduled Areas Need a Fresh Legal Perspective
Sanjay Upadhyay
The Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 and the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act of 2006 offer a great opportunity to provide equitable governance in tribal-dominated backward areas
On Saffron Demography
Mohan Rao
Beginning as early as 1909 when the book Hindus: A Dying Race helped Hindu communalists knit antagonistic castes together by creating anxiety about Muslims, saffron demography has sought to whip up fears of a very high rate of Muslim population growth
DISCUSSION
Resisting Distorted Readings
Amita Baviskar
A response to “Writing Resistance, Revisiting Ruptures” by Vasundhara Jairath (EPW, 4 September 2010). 
BOOK REVIEWS
Marx Made to Serve Party-State
Paresh Chattopadhyay
On Socialism: Selections from Writings of Karl Marx, Frederick Engels, V I Lenin, J V Stalin, Mao Zedong edited by Irfan Habib
Lighting a Torch in the Darkness
Jerry Pinto
Missing: Half the Story – Journalism As If Gender Matters edited by Kalpana Sharma