Denzil Saldanha
Denzil Saldanha
Denzil Saldanha was formerly Professor, Sociology of Education, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. His research interests have been in the areas of social movements; voluntary social action groups and development organizations; and elementary, non-formal and adult education. He has been teaching, researching and contributing to policy in these areas for about four decades. He has served as a member of state and national level committees, on the board of several academic and developmental institutions and organizations and as a consultant to government funding agencies and international organizations. His publications cover the interest areas mentioned above, some recent books being Education of Adolescents for Development in India: The Case of Doosra Dashak, 2007 and Civil Society Processes and the State: The BGVS and the Literacy Campaigns, 2010. A running concern in his writings has been an attempt to understand the role of human subjectivity in processes of social transformation.
Identity Within Hegemonic Process
This study attempts to identify some key cultural practices, belief systems and aesthetic expressions, as illustrative cases, that might be contributing to present-day Adivasi ethnic identity; unco...
Frederick Engels
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Suvira Jaiswal
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Saraladebi Chaudhurani
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Niladri R. Chatterjee
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Vikas Rawal
Vikas Rawal is Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Jacinta Kerketta
Jacinta Kerketta (1983) born in Khudpos village of Manoharpur Block adjacent to the sprawling Saranda jungle in West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, bordering Odisha.
Eve Ensler
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Teodor Shanin
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Omar Barghouti
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Harkishan Singh Surjeet
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K.A. Manikumar
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Baburao Bagul
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R. Mohan
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Prabir Purkayastha
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Jun-ichi Okabe
Jun-ichi Okabe is Professor, Graduate School of International Social Sciences, Yokohama National University and Professor, Faculty of Economics, Yokohama National University.
