Richard W. Franke

Richard W. Franke
Richard W. Franke is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, USA. He has written extensively on Kerala.
- Local Democracy and DevelopmentINR 295
In this definitive history, a key figure in the People's Campaign in Kerala provides an insider's account of one of the world's most extensive and successful experiments in decentralization. Launch...
- People's PlanningINR 595
In 1996, the state of Kerala launched possibly the world’s most extensive and successful experiment in decentralization. The campaign mobilized over 3 million of Kerala’s 30 million people and ...

Jim Powell
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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
Ismat Chughtai
Ismat Chughtai is one of Urdu’s most important writers. Feminist by instinct, long before it was fashionable to be one, she was a progressive who knew that literature changes more lives than politic
Grain
Over the past twenty-five years, GRAIN, an international NGO has worked with social movements and organizations around the world to defend local food systems and cultures from the advance of indust

Rajesh Sharma
Rajesh Sharma teaches in the Department of English, Punjabi University, Patiala. He also edits South Asian Ensemble.

Andrey Tarkovsky
Andrey Tarkovsky (1932–86) was an award-winning Soviet filmmaker, writer, film editor, film theorist, theater, and opera director.
Sheema Kermani
Sheema Kermani is a classical dancer, teacher, theatre practitioner, choreographer and women's rights activist. She is founder and head of Tehrik-e-Niswan Cultural Action Group, dedicated to improv