Mohini Anjum
Mohini Anjum
Mohini Anjum is the former Professor and Head, Department of Sociology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, whose career in teaching and research spanned more than 36 years at Delhi School of Economics and Hindu College, Delhi University, and Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, and now continues in her post-retirement life. Her Ph.D. thesis from Delhi School of Economics, under the distinguished sociologist Prof. A.M. Shah, was an innovative and pioneering research on 'Women's Voluntary Associations'. Prof. Anjum's continuing major research areas also include 'Muslim Women in India', 'Muslim Women and the Law', 'Elite Women in India', 'The Other Side of Burqah', 'Women and Work in Canada', 'Muslims in India', 'Iran - A Comparative Study', 'Women in Bahrain', etc.
Inter-Religion Marriages in Indian Society
In a culture where large numbers of people continue to live in joint families, marriage is not just a bond between husband and wife. These kinship ties in India are strong bonds between families an...
Kamal Nayan Kabra
Kamal Nayan Kabra (1941) Professor of Economics (1980-2003), Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi and Malcolm S. Adiseshiah Chair Professor (2010-17), Institute of Social Sciences
K.A. Manikumar
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Fidel Castro
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John Reed
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Akshay Khanna
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D.N. Jha
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Damien Millet
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K. Savitri Ammal
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Howard Zinn
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David Harvey
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Teesta Setalvad
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Paul M. Sweezy
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Renate Zahar
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Eduardo Galeano
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Ramnika Gupta
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