Economics & Political Weekly VOL 45 No. 44 October 30 to Nov 06, 2010 read online/download

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CONTENTS
EDITORIALS
Reversing a Trend
What would force compliance with environmental laws?
Dehumanising Beggars
The Bombay Prevention of Begging Act, 1959 is a regressive, anti-poor law that must go

PERSPECTIVES
The Political Economy of Hunger in 21st Century India
Jayati Ghosh
It is apparent that despite the persisting food insecurity of the bulk of the population and the near-emergency with respect to the nutrition of children, women and other vulnerable groups, the Government of India is still not taking the job of ensur

COMMENTARY
Across the LOC: A Political Conundrum
Luv Puri
The spotlight has turned on the state and people-led violence in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. Across the Line of Control there are other issues

The Nobel Prize, Elections and Coup d’état in Latin America: Some Thoughts
Andres Lazzarini , Margarita Olivera
The biased way in which the local and global media groups have reported on three recent events in Latin America – the attempted coup in Ecuador, the presidential elections in Brazil and the award of the Nobel Prize in literature to Mario Vargas Llosa

SPECIAL ARTICLES
Education as Trutiya Ratna: Towards Phule-Ambedkarite Feminist Pedagogical Practice
Sharmila Rege
“New times” in the university are marked by narratives that bemoan a “decline in plurality and standards” especially in places where a new generation of scholars and students from historically disadvantaged sections in Indian society is posing challe

REVIEW OF WOMEN'S STUDIES
Rethinking Feminist Methodologies
Anandhi S , Meera Velayudhan
Given the varying and diverse interpretation of what feminist research is, especially in the context of criticism against such research for its class-caste exclusions, heterosexism and ethnocentrism, it would be useful to explore whether there could

Methodological Concerns
Maithreyi Krishnaraj
The “feminist” or “feminism” is now replaced by the neutral sounding “gender relations”

Experiments in Methodology on Reproductive Technology: Feminisms, Ethnographic Trajectories and Unchartered Discourse
Victoria Loblay
The conflicts within feminism have been largely dominated by issues of power and inequality between feminisms, particularly those that organise in transnational spaces

In Pursuit of the Virgin Whore: Writing Caste/Outcaste Histories
Priyadarshini Vijaisri
Literature on caste and gender oppression has developed sophisticated methods and theories but there is little effort to explore the interconnections of varied feminine experiences

Estimating Unpaid Care Work: Methodological Issues in Time Use Surveys
Neetha N
Feminist economists have been working on making visible the contribution of women to the economy

Law Commission Reports on Rape
Rukmini Sen
At times the reports of the Law Commission are much more progressive than those that eventually go into amendments. On the other hand, a feminist perspective suggests that they reinforce colonial and patriarchal values

COMMENTARY
Vedanta Hymn: The Scion’s Political Gambit
Suhit K Sen
Rahul Gandhi claimed that he will represent the tribal people in Delhi’s power corridors