Economics & Political Weekly VOL 45 No. 42 October 16 to 22, 2010 read online

VOL 45 No. 42 October 16 - Oct 22, 2010
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CONTENTS
EDITORIALS
Conflict over Exchange Rates
The conflict between the US and China over the renminbi-dollar exchange rate is set to deepen.

Such a Sharp Decline
By caving into the Shiv Sena’s outrageous demand, Mumbai University continues its long decline.

COMMENTARY
Where Angels Fear to Tread: The Ayodhya Verdict
Lata Mani
Was the destruction of Babri masjid justified? Absolutely not. Was the judgment fair? If one thinks of history and law as the primary means of just recompense it was clearly not

The Two Cultures Revisited: The Environment-Development Debate in India
Jairam Ramesh
There is a continuing tension between those who espouse growth and those who call for environment protection. The two groups do not talk to each other – they are talking at each other and with every passing day, the gap seems to be widening

SPECIAL ARTICLES
Reinventing Development Economics
Ajit K Ghose
Development used to mean a process of structural transformation associated with gradual disappearance of dualism and surplus labour. Today it simply means growth of per capita income


COMMENTARY
Arjun Sengupta: A Tribute
Prabhat Patnaik
Arjun Sengupta, the economist who held many positions in academics, government and international organisations, and was chairman of the National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector died on 26 September

Making the Case for a Rights-based Approach
Ravi Srivastava
The second tribute to Arjun Sengupta by a more recent younger colleague, who worked with him in the last decade of his life.

From a Public Internet to the Internet Mall
Parminder Jeet Singh
Commercial arrangements between telecom and internet companies are beginning to create “internet malls” that will give preferential access to a few internet companies [Abstract] [Full Article]

SPECIAL ARTICLES
Celebrating Fifty Years of Sraffa’s Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities
Ajit Sinha
Piero Sraffa (1898-1983) was the most enigmatic and philosophically the most sophisticated mind in the history of economic science

The Telangana People’s Movement: The Unfolding Political Culture
G Haragopal
The Telangana people’s movement for a separate state is rooted in a historical context, which includes a developmental model pursued by the ruling classes both in Andhra Pradesh and the centre

PERSPECTIVES
Social Science Research in Vernacular Languages
Sushanta Kumar Sarma , Ishan Agrawal
In social science research, when the society studied uses a language which is dissimilar to the language used by the researcher, language as well as context become determinative

BOOK REVIEWS
The Great Unravelling
Suhit Sen
Left Politics in Bengal: Time Travels among Bhadralok Marxists by Monobina Gupta

The Ends of Empire
Ishita Pande
Alibis of Empire: Henry Maine and the Ends of Liberal Imperialism by Karuna Mantena