Other India: Realities of an Emerging Power edited by Rajesh Chakrabarti

Foreword - The Dalai Lama Introduction PART ONE: INDIA - SEVEN PORTRAITS India-21st Century Disconnects - Tapan Mitra One Hundred Years of Violence - Claude Alvares Secularism in India-A Minority Perspective - Asghar Ali EngineerThe Struggle of an Artist - Jatin Das An Aesthetic of Erasures - Sadanand Menon Shaping India's Agricultural Destiny - M S Swaminathan Inclusive Sustainable Development - M G K Menon PART TWO: FAITH THAT HEALS - RELIGION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Religion and Social Justice - Reverend Valson Thampu Religion in the Quest for Global Justice and Peace - Sulak Shivraksha PART THREE: THE VIOLENCE OF RELIGIOUS IDENTITIES Terrorism-Causes and Remedies - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar From the Age of Anxiety to the Age of Fear - Ashis Nandy Define Terrorism, and You Could Be Targeting Your Own Leaders - Jawed Naqvi Justice for Peace-Challenges from Gujarat - Father Cedric Prakash PART FOUR: NATURE-SUSTAINING THE SUSTAINER Earth Democracy, Living Democracy - Vandana Shiva Unfair Lands, Unjust Water Grab - Medha Patkar PART FIVE: ACTIONS AND REACTORS IN WAR AND PEACE Peace-Imperative for South Asia - Admiral L Ramdas Nuclear Energy-Hardly an Unmixed Blessing - Sandeep Pandey PART SIX: JUSTICE Caste-A Persistent Mind Disease - Udit Raj The Buddha and the Caste System - Acharya S N Goenka The Human Price of Flawed Development - Surendra MohanUnorganized Sector Labour-A Reality Check - Arjun Sengupta Extent of Bonded Labour in India - Debabrata Bandyopadhyay On Human Rights Justice - P N Bhagwati The Civil Service and the Right to Dissent - Harsh Mander Appointing the Judges Justice - V R Krishna Iyer PART SEVEN: COLLECTIVE SUCCESS Food from the Courts: The Indian Experience - Harsh ManderWater Harvesting in Arid Rajasthan and Himalayas-A Story of Community Action - Rajendra Singh Empowering Women-The SEWA Experience - Ela R Bhatt

Analyzes and assesses the complexities of contemporary India's socio-economic reality from multiple perspectives. This book offers information about literature on emerging India, which focuses mainly on the positives, these articles posit contrary views, necessary for a balanced, objective understanding of the issues.