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Dr. Sushila Ramaswamy
Mobile: 9811795482
Tel ® 40561346
Email id (official) [email protected]
Email id (Personal)[email protected]/[email protected]
Res: N 1, Third Floor, Chittaranjan Park, New Delhi 110019
Teaching in JMC since 1981. Permanent in 1983
Ph.d. (Rawls and His Critics), 1988, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, Delhi
M. Phil (The Concept of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat in the Marxist Thought), 1982 Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, Delhi
Merit Scholarship by the Central Board of Secondary Education (Delhi) from 1976-79
12th Merit Position in Delhi State in Arts in Higher Secondary Examinations in 1976
Teaching/Research Interest in Political Theory and Comparative Politics
Post-doctoral work as a Fulbright Hays Grantee from Bloomington, Indiana University, USA on the Neoconservatism in US, 1991-92
British Council Grant to work on New Right, University of Kent, Canterbury, Britain, 1994
Visiting fellow at the National University of Singapore, 1996
UGC Research Award for a project Post-Cold War Social Concerns: Women’s Representation in a Comparative Perspective, 2004-2007
ICCR Empanelment for its India Chairs Abroad, 2017
Presented 13 lectures on Western Political Thinkers (Greek Political Thought, Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Hume, Bentham, Adam Smith, J.S. Mill, T.H. Green,
John Rawls) as part of the UGC countrywide classroom lectures in 1990-91
Received Minor Research Grant:
(1) Gandhi and the Autonomy of Modern Indian Thought (1989) (2) Rawls and his Critics (1986) (Ph.D. Thesis)
Received ICSSR Ph. D. Publication Grant in 1989
IPSA (International Political Science Association) Travel Grant to attend its IPSA World Congress in 1991, 2003, 2006, 2016 (details in the section on Conferences attended)
UGC Travel Grant to attend IPSA Conferences in 2003, 2006, 2016 (details in the section on Conferences attended)
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Supervision:4 students for M. Phil. Dissertations (Three University of Delhi and One from Madurai Kamaraj University
Member of Committee for designing curriculum for MA in Gandhian Studies Programme for IGNOU, New Delhi, 2012
Compiled bibliography for Political Theory/Thought sections for UGC Committee on Development of Curriculum for Political Science and Public Administration, 2000
CLASSES AND PAPERS TAUGHT
1981 till date
BA (Hons) in JMC
Colonialism and Nationalism in India
Political Theory
Political Thought
Indian Political Thought
United Nations
Indian Foreign Policy
Comparative Politics
Citizenship in a Globalizing world
Reading Gandhi
BA PASS/PROGRAMME in JMC
Political Theory
Comparative Politics
Indian Government and Politics
Subsidiaries for Hons Courses in JMC
Political Theory
2006-07 (One year) MA class in Main Campus, University of Delhi, Paper: Theory and Practice of
Democracy.
1997-2001 (Four years) MA classes in South Campus, University of Delhi, Papers: Political Theory
and Western Political Thought.
2001-02 (One year) MA classes in South Campus, University of Delhi, Papers: Marxist Political Theory
and Liberal Political Theory.
2002-04 (Two years) MA classes in South Campus, University of Delhi, Papers: Political Theory and
Western Political Thought.
2001-02 M. Phil classes in Political Theory, South Campus, University of Delhi
1988-89 M. Phil classes in Political Theory, South Campus, University of Delhi
1996 (Two semesters) BA Courses Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore,
Singapore.
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Political Ideologies,
Political Theory
Asian Political Thought (section on Indian Political Thought)
Teacher in Charge, Department of Political Science (1987-89, 1997-99, 2011-2013, 2017-19)
1987-88 Staff Advisor, Political Science Association (1983-86 and 1987-88)
CONVENOR/ MEMBER OF SOCIETIES IN COLLEGE
2019-20 Convenor, Student Council
2019-20 Convenor ECA
2017-18 Staff Advisor, Student Council
2016-19 Member IQAC
2015-16 Convenor, Student Council
2014-16 Convenor, Research Committee
2014-15 (Co-Convenor, Student Council
2013-14 Staff Advisor, Innovation Project Research Committee
2013-14 Member, Budget Committee for Montage
2013-15 (Co-Convenor) ECA Committee
2012 Member, Budget Committee for College Festival Montage
2010-17 Anti Ragging Committee
2009-11 Member, ECA Committee
2009-10 Staff Advisor (Convenor), Student Council
2008-09 Staff Advisor (Co-convenor), Student Council
2007-08 Member, Sports Committee
2005-07 Convenor, ECA Committee
2005-07 Convenor, Women’s Studies and Development Cell
1997-2000 Convenor, Indian Cultural Society
1991-95 Quiz Society
1986-88 Cauldron Magazine Society
1985-88 NSS
1984-86 Photography Society (started the society in college)
1981-84, JMCEP
AREAS OF RESEARCH SPECIALIZATION
Political Theory (History of Political Ideas, Analysis of Concepts).
Political Thought from Plato to Marx.
Contemporary Political Theory.
Indian thought with special reference to Gandhi.
History of Feminism
Women in the Political Process. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
Member (1990- till date), International Political Science Association (IPSA)
Member (2000 till date) IPSA Research Committees (1) Political Philosophy (2) Gender and Politics
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EXTENT TO WHICH MY PUBLISHED WORKS IS REFERRED TO BY OTHER SCHOLARS
IN THE SUBJECT
Political Theory: Ideas and Concepts is a prescribed text in the following universities:
International
1. Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria. 2. St. Paul University of Philippines, Philippines.
National
3. Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana. 4. Vikram University, Ujjain, MP. 5. Ulsaindia. 6. Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, MP. 7. Guwahati University, Guwahati, Assam. 8. Punjab University, Chandigarh. 9. Acharya Nagarjuna University, AP. 10. Patkai Christian College, Dimapur, Nagaland. 11. Nagaland University, Kohima, Nagaland. 12. Cotton College State University, Guwahati, Assam. 13. Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, HP. 14. St. Joseph College, Bangalore, Karnataka. 15. West Bengal State University, Kolkata, West Bengal. 16. S.D. Jain College, Surat, Gujarat and Dimarpur, West Bengal. 17. Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar, Gujarat. 18. Mizoram University, Aizwal, Mizoram. 19. B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra, UP. 20. Goa University, Goa. 21. Nagpur University, Nagpur, MP. 22. Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharasthra 23. SNDT, Mumbai, Maharasthra. 24. Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal. 25. Rani Channamma University, Belgaum, Karnataka. 26. Vijayanagara Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Bellary, Karnataka. 27. Presidency University, Kolkata, West Bengal. 28. Distance Education, University of Jammu, J&K. 29. Arni University, HP. 30. Bangalore University, Bengaluru, Karnataka. 31. University of Gour Banga, West Bengal. 32. Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP. 33. Central University of Bihar, Patna, Bihar. 34. University of Allahabad, Allahabad, UP. 35. Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab. 36. Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab. 37. University of Gour Bangla, Malda, West Bengal. 38. University of Calicut, Calicut, Kerala. 39. University School of law and Legal Studies, Guru Gobind IP University, New Delhi. 40. Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol, West Bengal. 41. University of Calcutta, West Bengal.
Liberty, Equality and Justice: Rawls’ Political Theory is a prescribed reading in SNDT, Mumbai.
Marxist Theory of the State: Dictatorship of the Proletariat is a prescribed reading in North Eastern Hill
University Shillong.
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Select chapters from Women in Political Thought: The Quest for Gender Equality and Beyond, University
of Delhi, Delhi.
A History of Political Thought: From Plato to Marx (co-athored) is a prescribed text in the following
universities:
International
1. University of Hamburg, Germany. 2. Beune State University, Makuid, Nigeria. 3. BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
National
4. The University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. 5. Acharya Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh. 6. University of Baroda, Varodara, Gujarat. 7. University of Tripura, Agartala. 8. Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharasthra. 9. Benares Hindu University, Benaras, UP. 10. The Karnataka University, Dharwad, Karnataka. 11. University of Calicut, Calicut, Kerala 12. University of Pune, Pune, Maharasthra. 13. Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer, Rajasthan. 14. Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh. 15. Guwahati University, Guwahati, Assam. 16. Dibrugarh University, Assam. 17. Institute of Distance Education, University of Kerala, Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala. 18. S.D. Jain College, Surat and Dimarpur, Nagaland. 19. Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar, Gujarat. 20. Mizoram University, Aizwal, Mizoram. 21. B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra, UP. 22. Goa University, Goa. 23. Nagpur University, Nagpur, MP. 24. Jan Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan. 25. Guru Nanak University, Amritsar, Punjab. 26. Central University of Bihar, Patna, Bihar. 27. Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Nizamsagar, AP. 28. Central University of Kashmir, Ganderbal, J & K. 29. Presidency University, Kolkata, West Bengal. 30. University School of Law and Legal Studies, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University,
Delhi.
31. Nagaland University, Kohima, Nagaland. 32. Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP. 33. Central University of Bihar, Patna, Bihar. 34. Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana. 35. Andhra University, Vishakapatnam, AP. 36. North Hill University, Shillong, Meghlaya. 37. Kanpur University, Kanpur, UP. 38. Ideku, University of Kerala, Kerala. 39. Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol, West Bengal. 40. University of Calcutta, West Bengal.
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Theoretical Foundations of Comparative Politics (co-authored) is a prescribed text in the following
universities:
1. Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol, West Bengal. 2. University of Calcutta, West Bengal. 3. Mangalore University, Mangalore 4. Bankura University, West Bengal 5. Gaur Banga University, West Bengal 6. North Bengal University, West Bengal 7. Kerala University, Thirvanthupuram 8. Jammu University, Jammu 9. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee University, Ranchu 10. Kazi Narul University, Asanol, West Bengal 11. Calcutta University, Kolkata 12. Davangere University, Karnataka
A History of Socialist Thought: From Precursors to the Present (co-authored) is a prescribed text in the
following universities:
International
1. University of Sussex’s Social and Political Philosophy. National
2. Punjab University, Chandigarh. 3. Punjab University, Patiala. 4. Kurukshetra University. 5. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad. 6. University of Calcutta, West Bengal.
Facets of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violence and Satyagaha, Vol.1 (co-edited) is a recommended text for
course MA in Conflict Management and Development, Malaviya Centre for Peace Research, Faculty of
Social Sciences, Benares Hindu University.
George Friedrich Hegel (co-edited) is a recommended reading in Vikram University, Ujjain.
Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (co-edited) is a recommended reading for
1) MA Women’s studies and Computer Application, Andhra University 2) Women Studies Centre, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.
BOOKS (Individual)
Women in Political Thought: Quest for Gender Equality and Beyond, Hyderabad, Orient BlackSwan, (ISBN 978-93-86689-58-0), xiv+408 pages, 2018.
Political Theory: Ideas and Concepts, Second Edition, New Delhi, Prentice Hall of India, (ISBN 978-81-203-5048-9), xii+564 pages, 201, 2014.
Political Theory: Ideas and Concepts, New Delhi, Macmillan, (ISBN 0333 937 988), x+506 pages, 2003.
Marxist Theory of the State: Dictatorship of the Proletariat, New Delhi, Deep and Deep, (ISBN 81-7100-579-9), x+180 pages, 1993.
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Liberty, Equality and Social Justice: Rawls’ Political Theory, New Delhi, Ajantha Publications, (ISBN 81-202-2091-0), xi+252 pages, 1990.
CO-AUTHOR
Theoretical Foundations of Comparative Politics (co-author with Subrata Mukherjee, Hyderabad, Orient Blackswan (ISBN 978-93-86296-30-6) xi+290 pages, 2017.
A History of Socialism, (co-author with Subrata Mukherjee), New Delhi, Publications Division, (ISBN 978-81-230-1863-8) 430 pages, 2014.
A History of Political Thought: Plato to Marx, Second Edition (co-author with Subrata Mukherjee), New Delhi, Prentice Hall of India, (ISBN 97-81-203-4389-4 Second Edition),
xii+561 pages, 2014.
Democracy in Theory and Practice, (co-author with Subrata Mukherjee) New Delhi, Macmillan, (ISBN 1403-92496 I), xxxii+324 pages, 2005.
A History of Socialist Thought: from the Precursors to the Present, (co-author with Subrata Mukherjee), New Delhi, Sage Publications, (ISBN 81 7036 929- 0 (India HB; 81- 7036 938 X
India PB; 0-7619-9437-8 (US HB; 81-7619-9465 3 (US PB), 464 pages, 2000.
Pashchimi Rajnithi chintan (co-author with Subrata Mukherjee), Delhi, Directorate of Hindu Medium Implementation, Delhi, University of Delhi, 400 pages, 2000.
A History of Political Thought: Plato to Marx (co-author with Subrata Mukherjee), New Delhi, Prentice Hall of India, (ISBN 81-203-1499), viii+432 pages, 1999.
Samajik chintan ki ithihaas (co-author with Subrata Mukherjee) Delhi, Directorate of Hindi Medium Implementation, Delhi, University of Delhi, 611 pages, 1999.
CO-EDITOR
Great Western Political Thinkers in 12 Volumes (Socrates, Cicero, St. Augustine, St. Aquinas, Marsilio of Padua/William of Ockham, Jean Bodin/Hugo Grotius, David Hume, Tom Paine,
Adam Smith, Immanuel Kant, Montesquieu/Voltaire, Alexis de Tocqueville), co- edited with
Subrata Mukherjee an Introduction and Biographical Sketch to each volume, New Delhi, Deep
and Deep, (ISBN 81-7629-150-1 (set), 1999.
Margaret Fuller’s Woman in the Nineteenth century co-edited with Subrata Mukherjee an Introduction and Explanatory Notes, New Delhi, Deep and Deep, 1998 (ISBN 81-7629-151-X),
xii+162 pages, 1998.
World’s Greatest Socialist Thinkers in 25 Volumes (Thomas More, Gerrard Winstanley, James Harrington, Jean Jacques Rousseau, William Godwin, Saint Simon, Robert Owen, Francois
Charles Fourier, Ludwig Feuerbach, Michael Bakunin, Karl Heinrich Marx, Friedrich Engels,
Wilhelm Liebknecht, William Morris, August Bebel, Prince Peter Kropotkin, Franz Mehring,
Georges Sorel, Eduard Bernstein, Karl Johann Kautsky, George Plekhanov, Vladimir Illyich
Ulyanov Lenin, Rosa Luxemburg, Leon Trotsky and Mao Zedong) co-edited with Subrata
Mukherjee an Introduction and Biographical Sketch to each volume, New Delhi, Deep and
Deep, (ISBN 81-7100-7759 Set), 1997.
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August Bebel’s Woman in the Past, Present and Future, co-edited with Subrata Mukherjee an Introduction and Explanatory Notes, New Delhi, Deep and Deep, (ISBN 81-7100-749-5),
xi+286 pages, 1996.
Issues in Comparative Politics, co-edited with Subrata Mukherjee, New Delhi, Deep and Deep, (ISBN 978-8171-00814), 1996.
Political Science Annual 1996, co-edited with Subrata Mukherjee, New Delhi, Deep and Deep, (ISBN 81-7100-883-X), xvi+406 pages, 1996.
J.S. Mill’s The Subjection of Women, co-edited with an Introduction and Explanatory Notes, New Delhi, Deep and Deep, (ISBN 81-7100-801-1), x+130 pages, 1995.
Political Science Annual 1994-95, co-edited with Subrata Mukherjee, New Delhi, Deep and Deep, (ISBN 81-7100- 709-0), xvi+459 pages, 1995.
Facets of Mahatma Gandhi in 4 Volumes (Non-Violence and Satyagraha, Political Ideas, Economic and Social Principles, Ethics, Religion and Culture), co-edited with Subrata
Mukherjee an Introduction to each volume, New Delhi, Deep and Deep, (ISBN 81-7100-669-0
set), 1995.
Political Science Annual 1993, co-edited with Subrata Mukherjee, New Delhi, Deep and Deep, (ISBN 81-7100-532-2), xvi+406 pages, 1993.
Great Western Political Thinkers in 12 Volumes (Plato, Aristotle, Niccolo Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Edmund Burke, Jeremy Bentham, Georg
Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, John Stuart Mill, Karl Heinrich Marx and Thomas Hill Green), co-
edited with Subrata Mukherjee an Introduction and Biographical Sketch to each volume, New
Delhi, Deep and Deep, (ISBN 81-7100-563-2 set), 1993.
Political Science Annual 1992, co-edited with Subrata Mukherjee, New Delhi, Deep, (ISBN 81-7100-454-7), xii+266 pages, 1992.
Mary Wollstonstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of the Woman, co-edited with Subrata Mukherjee an Introduction and Explanatory Notes, New Delhi, Deep and Deep, (ISBN 81-
7100-465-2), xii+231 pages, 1992.
RESEARCH ARTICLES
International
India’s Crisis of Governance: Women’s perspective, Policy and Society, Vol. 24, No, 3, pp. 122-141 (ISSN 1449-4035), 2005.
Nation State Formation and the Process of Democratization in the Developing world in Asia in the New Millennium: APISA First Congress Proceedings edited by Amitav Acharya and Lee
Lai To, Marshall Cavendish Academic, Singapore, pp. 462-76. (ISBN 983-210-395-3), 2004.
National
Debates in Women’s Suffrage Movement, IIC Quarterly, Vole 46, No.1, Summer, pp. 117-27 (ISSN No.3376-9771), 2019.
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The Kantian Roots of the Notion of Democratic Peace: Its Relevance in the Contemporary world of Democratization, Journal of Polity and Society, vol. 5, issue.3, July-Dec, pp 19-30
(ISSN 0976-0210), 2014.
“The Incompleteness of Multiculturalist Agenda: Overlooking the Need for a Shared Identity” Economic and Political Weekly, September 15-21, pp. 3090-96. (ISSN 0012-9976), 2007.
“Universalization of Democracy: The Seminal Importance of Rawls’ Paradigm for the Developing World” in Indian Journal of American Studies, Vol. 27, No.1, winter, pp. 27-34,
(ISSN 6019-5030), 1999.
“Rawls’ Theory of Civil Disobedience in the Gandhian perspective” in Gandhi Marg, July-September, pp. 179-197. (ISSN 0016-4437), 1999.
Chapters in Compilations
“The Rights of Woman”, Human Rights: Indian Perspective, MGPE 016, IGNOU, New Delhi, January, pp 107-117, (ISBN 978-81-266-6301-9), 2013.
“Understanding Civil Society”, Civil Society, Political Regimes and Conflict MGPE 013, IGNOU, New Delhi, February, pp. 11-20, (ISBN 978-81-266-5895-4), 2012.
“Elements of Civil Society”, Civil Society, Political Regimes and Conflict MGPE 013, IGNOU, New Delhi, February, pp. 20-30, (ISBN 978-81-266-5895-4), 2012.
“Civil Society: Local and Global”, Civil Society, Political Regimes and Conflict MGPE 013, IGNOU, New Delhi, 2012, pp. 30-40, (ISBN 978-81-266-5895-4), 2012.
Voluntarism and Gandhi”, Civil Society, Political Regimes and Conflict MGPE 013, IGNOU, New Delhi, February, pp. 40-50, (ISBN 978-81-266-5895-4), 2012.
“Swaraj”, Philosophy of Gandhi MGP 002, IGNOU, New Delhi, August, pp. 161-171 (ISBN 978-81-266-4811-5), 2010.
“Duties”, Philosophy of Gandhi MGP 002, IGNOU, New Delhi, August, pp. 152-60, (ISBN 978-81-266-4811-5), 2010.
“Power and Authority”, Gandhi’s Political Thought, MPG 004, IGNOU, New Delhi, July, pp. 80-89, (ISBN 978-81-366-4849-8), 2010.
“Liberty and Equality”, Gandhi’s Political Thought, MPG 004, IGNOU, New Delhi, July, pp. 70- 79, (ISBN 978-81-366-4849-8), 2010.
“Rights and Duties”, Gandhi’s Political Thought, MPG 004, IGNOU, New Delhi, July, pp. 51-60, (ISBN 978-81-366-4849-8), 2010.
“Gandhi’s concept of Nationalism”, Gandhi’s Political Thought, MPG 004, IGNOU, New Delhi July, pp. 41-50, (ISBN 978-81-366-4849-8), 2010.
“The Limits of Multiculturalism in a Liberal Polity: Need for a Shared Identity” in Cultural Diversity, Governance and Policy: India- Australia, edited by D. Gopal and Alan Mayne,
Delhi, Shipra Publications, pp. 78-89, (ISBN 978-81-7541-476-1), 2009.
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“Edmund Burke” in Western Political Thought (co-author with Subrata Mukherjee) MPSEE 003, IGNOU, New Delhi, December, pp.117-126, (ISBN 81-266-0958-3), 2003.
“Alexis de Tocqueville” in Western Political Thought (co-author with Subrata Mukherjee) MPSEE 003, IGNOU, New Delhi, December, pp.143-151, (ISBN 81-266-0958-3), 2003.
“Marxist Response to the Gender Question: The Seminal Importance of Bebel’s work” in Relevance of the Communist Manifesto, edited by Ambrose Pinto and Somen Chakraborty, New
Delhi, Indian Social Institute, pp. 61-70, (ISBN 81-87218-24-X), 2000.
“Rethinking the Welfare State: The Neo Conservative Perspective” in Political Science Annual 1999, edited by M.M. Sankhdher, New Delhi, Deep and Deep, pp. 237-247, (ISBN 81-7629-
246-8), 1999.
“Civil Disobedience and Contemporary Political Theory” in Political Science Annual 1996, edited by Subrata Mukherjee and Sushila Ramaswamy, New Delhi, Deep and Deep, pp 25-52.
(ISBN 81-7100-883-8), 1996.
“The Anarchist Critique of Marxism” in Political Science Annual 1994-95, edited by Subrata Mukherjee and Sushila Ramaswamy, New Delhi, Deep and Deep, pp. 17-32. (ISBN 81-7100-
709-0), 1995.
“Bentham-Utilitarian and Radical Reformer” in Political Science Annual 1993, edited by Subrata Mukherjee and Sushila Ramaswamy, New Delhi, Deep and Deep, pp. 349-355. (ISBN
81-7100-532-2), 1993.
Book Reviews
K Lalita and Deepa Dhanraj, Rupture, Loss and Living: Minority Women Speak about Post Conflict Life, Governance Now, March 1-15, Vol. 8. Issue 03, 2017.
Ashwini Deshpande Affirmative Action in India, The Book Review, Vol. XXXVIII, No 5, May, pp.12-13, 2014.
William M. Paul The State: Its Origin and Function, The Book Review, Vol. XXXVII, No 12, December, pp. 22-23, 2013.
Mangesh Kulkarni (Ed.) Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Political Theory, The Book Review, Vol. XXXVII, Number 5, May, pp 5-6, 2013.
Gurpreet Mahajan and Surinder Jodhka (Ed)’s Religion, Community and Development: Changing Contours of Politics and Policy in India, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.
XLVI, No. 12, March 19, pp 31-32. (ISSN 0012-9976), 2011.
M.R. Narayanaswamy, Inside an Elusive Mind, Asian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 12, No. 2, December. (ISSN 0218-5377), 2004.
Sumantra Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace and Chidananda Dasgupta, War and Diplomacy in Kashmir 1947-48, Asian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 12, No. 1, June.
(ISSN 0218-5377), 2004.
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Nalini Rajan, Secularism, Democracy and Justice: Implication of Rawlsian Principles for India, Gandhi Marg, January- March. (ISSN 0016-4437), 2004.
A Seminal Contribution to Political Philosophy: John Rawls’ The Law of Peoples, The Radical Humanist, Vol. 64, No. 12, March 2001. (ISSN 2175-7291), 2001.
Manoranjan Mohanty, Patha Nath Mukherji and Olle Tornquist, People’s Rights: Social Movements and the State in the Third World, Asian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 9, No.1,
June. (ISSN 0218-5377), 2000.
B. Vivekanandan (ed.), Building on Solidarity: Social Democracy and the New Millennium, The West Bengal Political Science Review, Vol. 3, No. 1, January-June, 2000.
Daniel A. Bell, David Brown, Kanishka Jayasurya and David Martin Jones, Towards Illiberal Democracy in Pacific Asia, Asian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 4, No. 2, December.
(ISSN 0218-5377), 1996.
Lina Gonslaves, Women and the Law, Pauline B. Hart and Eileen Geil Moran, Violence Against Women: The Bloody Footprints, Kusum (ed.), Women: March Towards Dignity: Socio Legal
Perspectives, Corrine Squire (ed.), Women and Aids: Psychological Perspective and Amrita
Basu, Two Faces of Protest: Contrasting Modes of Women’s Activism in India, The Hindustan
Times, 5th February, 1994.
Carole Seymour Jones, Beatrice Webb: Woman of Conflict, The Statesman, 25th September, 1993.
Michael Dingake, My Fight against Aparthied, Helen Shityuwete, Never Follow the Wolf: The Autobiography of a Freedom Fighter and Tom Jenkin, Escape from Pretoria, India Quartely,
Vol. XLVII, 4, October- December. (ISSN 0974-9254), 1992.
Raymond Plant, Equality, Markets and the State, Fabian Tract # 494, Democratic World, 26th May, 1985.
Bernard Crick, Socialist Values and Time, Fabian tract # 495, Democratic World, 3rd March, 1985.
NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES
Parliamentary Pioneer: Nancy Astor, The Statesman, 6th December, 2019
A Questioning Mind: Sastri, The Statesman, 3rd October, 2019
Contrasting Models: Sheila Dikshit and Mamata Bannerjee, The Statesman, 30th June, 2019
The First Revisionist (Friedrich Engels), (co-author Subrata Mukherjee, The Statesman, 5th April, 2019
Centenary of the Vote, The Statesman, 23rd June, 2018
On Your Marx, (co-author Subrata Mukherjee), The Statesman, 10th May, 2018
Feminism and the Vote, The Statesman, 21st April, 2018
Incomplete Women’s Lib: Soviet Feminism, The Statesman, 17th December, 2017
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The God that Failed (co-author Subrata Mukherjee), The Statesman, 22nd November, 2017
Second Wave Feminism, The Statesman, 12 October, 2017
Karl Marx: A Bicentennial Tribute, (co-author Subrata Mukherjee) The Statesman, 27th May, 2017
Prisoner of Gender: Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Candidacy, The Statesman, 9th December, 2016
Abolish or Retain? Death Penalty, The Statesman, 5th August, 2015
Who Plans the Planners, The Statesman, 21st January, 2015
Time to honour all our Founding Fathers, The Statesman, 8th January, 2015
Full Face Veil Ban: Retrieving the Liberal Political Space, The Statesman, 3rd August, 2014
Rights of the Minorities, The Statesman, 12th June, 2014
The Winner takes All: First Past the Post System, The Statesman, 3rd June, 2014
A vote for Instability: Kejriwal’s plank, The Statesman, 28th April, 2014
Democratic Pluralism: Robert A Dahl, (co-author Subrata Mukherjee) The Statesman, 10th March, 2014
Kejriwal’s Anarchism, The Statesman, 15th February, 2014
State to Political System: The Relevance of David Easton’s Philosophy, (co-author Subrata Mukherjee, The Statesman, 5
th January, 2014
A Way of Life: Legitimizing Live in Relationships, The Statesman, 22nd December, 2013
The Right to Recall: Accountability with Representative Democracy, The Statesman, 24th June, 2013
Idea of History: Eric Hobsbawn’s Grand Narrative, The Statesman, 12th December, 2012
Society and Nature Elinor Ostrom’s Paradigm of Development Economics, The Statesman, 5th
August, 2012
The Crown and the Queen, The Statesman, 3rd July, 2012
The Enduring Legacy of Rousseau, The Statesman, 27th June, 2012
Eclipse of the Left, The Statesman, 28th March, 2012
The Anthem is 100: When Jana Gana Mana Scored over Vande Mataram, The Statesman, 16th January, 2012
Liberty and Equality: Hobhouse, The Statesman, 22 January, 2012
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100 Years of National Anthem, Amar Ujala 27th December, 2011
Sociologist with a human face: Daniel Bell, The Statesman, 2nd March, 2011
Corruption thwarts progress The Spreading Canker and the lack of Political Will, The
Statesman, 24th February, 2011
Saint Simon: For a World Governed by Scientific Elite, (co-author Subrata Mukherjee) The Statesman, 18th November, 2010
Constitutional Monarch: not an oddity but a rational choice, The Statesman, 18th October,
2010
First Past the Post: Voice of the Majority is Unrepresented, The Statesman, 16th July, 2010
Feminised Politics: Need for a Holistic and Inclusive Approach, The Statesman, 29th April, 2010
Twenty Years Later: Lessons from the Process of Change, The Statesman, 9th December,
2009
A Tribute to Proudhon (co-author Subrata Mukherjee), The Statesman, 30th October, 2009.
A Defender of Individual Liberty: Thomas Paine (co-author Subrata Mukherjee), The
Statesman, 28th August, 2009
Madam Speaker: Journey towards Real Empowerment of Women, The Statesman, 14th
June, 2009
Politics of the Pub: Propagation of Two Cultures despite Equality of Sexes, The Statesman, 15th February, 2009
Clash of Civilizations: The Continued Relevance of Huntington’s Work, The Statesman, 11th
January, 2009
Limits of Integration: Implication of Ireland’s rejection of the Lisbon Treaty, The Statesman, 27th June, 2008
Left Parties on a Plateau, The Statesman, 30th January, 2008
Empower the Privileged (co-author Subrata Mukherjee), The Statesman, 26th August, 2007
Silently she does it: Mayawati and the New Revisionism in Indian Politics, The Statesman, 22nd May, 2007
Sharing of Power: language and Federalism skewed in Sri Lanka, The Statesman, 13th March, 2007
Women’s Representation in the Indian Political Process, Gyan Bhandar, March, 2007
Minority Question (co-author Subrata Mukherjee), The Statesman, 30th January, 2007
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Marxism in Russia: 150 Years of Plekhanov (co-author Subrata Mukherjee), The Statesman, 26
th December, 2006
Politics of Presence: Representation of the Marginalized, (co-author Subrata Mukherjee) The Statesman, 23
rd September, 2006
Tragedy to Farce: French Students rebellion, The Statesman, 7th April, 2006
Quota Question: the overriding importance of merit, The Statesman, 22nd November, 2005
Training Politicians does not work, The Indian Express, 19th September, 2005
War and Peace: West must follow Rules of Equity and Justice (co-author with Subrata
Mukherjee, The Statesman, 27th June, 2005.
Democracy by Force: The US seeks to encompass the World (co-author with Subrata Mukherjee, The Statesman, 13
th May, 2005.
Order on Jharkhand: No Intrusion into Legislative or Executive Authority, The Statesman, 24th
March, 2005.
Kashmir Imbroglio: Manmohan Singh’s Initiative and Pakistani Diatribe, The Statesman, 3rd January, 2005.
Upholding Liberty: Defeat of Gender Discriminatory Bill in Kashmir is very welcome, The Statesman, 17
th September, 2004
“Great Leap Forward? Three Women Chief Ministers”, The Statesman, 21st December, 2003
“Hedgewar and the RSS”, The Statesman, 23rd and 24th June, 2003
“Left in the Lurch”, The Telegraph, 17th June, 2003
“Managing Plural Societies: Why Singapore succeeded when Sri Lanka failed”, The Radical Humanist, Vol. 67, No. 3, June, 2003
“Bleak future for dynastic politics: How family factor is getting irrelevant”, The Tribune, 6th May, 2003
“LTTE and Peace”, The Statesman, 29th September, 2002
“Roots of Resentment: Nozick on why intellectuals oppose capitalism”, The Statesman, 28th April, 2002
“Back to Utopia: Sir Thomas More”, The Statesman, 13th April, 2001
“Oh Jaya! What a Fall”, The Indian Express, 6th April, 2001
“Religion Strengthens Democracy” (co-author Subrata Mukherjee), The Indian Express, 20th February, 2001
“Rights as Absolute and Universal”, The Telegraph, 8th December, 2000
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“Dependency Theory: History’s Verdict Against It”, The Statesman, 2nd and 3rd November, 2000
“Succession Issue: Leadership must emerge from the Grassroots”, The Statesman, 10th October, 2000
“Women in Indian Polity”, jayahey.com, August, reprinted in pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2000/fjul2000/f070720001.html, 2000
“Women’s Human Rights: A Global Phenomenon, PIB Features, 7th June. pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2000/fjun2000/f070620001.html; Reprinted in Digvijay Times, 30
th June,
2000
“Representation of Women”, The Deccan Herald, 7th May, 2000
“Liberal Whig on New Labour’s Head”, The Telegraph, 6th April, 2000
“Women’s Duties: Feminism needs to Integrate Socially”, The Statesman, 15th March, 2000.
“On Vande Mataram Controversy”, The Indian Express, 3rd March, 2000.
“Women Deserve more than Tokenism”, The Telegraph, 28th February, 2000
“Political Self-Correction: Forget it. Parties are Immune to Changes: That’s why we need Quotas”, The Indian Express, 31
st December, 1999
“Forgiving Sonia emphasises Patriarchy”, The Indian Express, 15th December, 1999
“Law and Lucre: Indian Rich avoid Punishment”, The Statesman, 15th November, 1999
“Sonia Gandhi reinforces Patriarchy: The Future is not hers”, The Indian Express, 31st October, 1999
“Gender Equality: Social Democrats favour Women’s Rights”, The Statesman, 12th October, 1999
“Family Affair: Democracy and Dynastic Rule” The Statesman, 26th September, 1999
“Women in Politics”, The Hindustan Times, 14th September, 1999
“Fallen Icon: Russia buries the Leninist Legacy”, The Statesman, 6th September, 1999
“A Tribute to Evolutionary Socialism”, The Hindu, 5th September, 1999
“Wet behind the Ears: Inexperience disqualifies Sonia”, The Statesman, 12th May, 1999
“Political Women: Quotas would lead to Empowerment”, The Statesman, 3rd April, 1999
“Higher Education in Doldrums”, The Hindustan Times, 26th February, 1999
“Father of Russian Marxism: Plekhanov”, The Pioneer, 26th December, 1999.
“Learning to Teach” co-author with Subrata Mukherjee, The Deccan Herald, 11th October, 1998.
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“Civil Disobedience”, The Pioneer, 2nd October, 1998
“Woman Power I and II”, The Statesman, 28th and 29th September, 1998
“A Spectre called A-356”, The Deccan Herald. 27th September, 1998
“Were Teachers’ demands Justified?”, (co-author Subrata Mukherjee), The Hindustan Times, 18
th September, 1998
“Writing the Wrong: Sir Isaiah Berlin” (co-author Subrata Mukherjee), The Statesman, 15th December, 1997
“Human Rights beyond Culture politics”, The Indian Express, 31st October, 1997.
“Women in Top Positions are still Rare”, The Hindustan Times, 11th August, 1997
“Hannah Arendt’s On Revolution”, The Statesman, 5th March, 1994
“Women Marginalized: Discrimination in Politics a blot in our system”, The Indian Express, 26
th January, 1994
“The Laski Legacy”, The Statesman, 26th January, 1994
“Managing Office and the Hearth”, The Hindustan Times, 18th December, 1993.
“Penetrating Analysis: Beatrice Webb’s account of her tour to India”, The Statesman, 5th December, 1993.
“Fall of the USSR: How the Originators Failed”, The Statesman, 17th September, 1993.
“Women in Free India”, The Hindustan Times, 21st August, 1993.
“Theory of State: Blind Spot in Marxism”, The Statesman, 17th June, 1993
“Hoping Against Reality: Marx”, (co-author Subrata Mukherjee), The Telegraph, 4th May, 1993
“An Experiment in Democracy: Athens”, (co-author Subrata Mukherjee), The Hindustan Times, 18
th April, 1993
“First Among Equals: Wollstonecraft”, The Statesman, 5th December, 1992
“Anarchistic Critique of Marxism”, Democratic World, 1st May, 1983
RESOURCE PERSON FOR REFRESHER COURSES
Concept of Rights: Origins and Evolution, Orientation Course on Human Rights and Social Inclusion, UGC Human Resource and Development Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi,
29th April, 2016
Political Theory Today, Refresher course in Political Science, UGC Human Resource Development Centre, Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi, 9 November, 2015
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Concept of Rights, Human Rights and Social Inclusion, UGC Human Resource Development Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 31
st July, 2015
Multiculturalism, Human Rights and Social Inclusion, UGC Human Resource Development Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 31
st July, 2015
Political Theory-Relevance, Department of Political Science, Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 26
th November, 2014
Concept of Rights, Human Rights and Social Inclusion, Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia, Islamia, New Delhi, 12
th August, 2014
Multiculturalism, Human Rights and Social Inclusion, Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 12
th August, 2014
The State of Political Theory Today, Department of Political Science, Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 21
st November, 2013
Individual Rights versus Group Rights: Multiculturalist Agenda, Human Rights and Social Inclusion, Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 27
th August. 2012
Theories of Rights, Human Rights and Social Inclusion, Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 27
th August, 2012
Rights: its conceptual basis (2 Lectures), Human Rights and Social Inclusion, Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 19
th April, 2010
Concept of Rights based Liberalism and its Critics, Human Rights and Social Inclusion, Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 8
th May, 2009
Concept of Natural Rights: Origins, Development and Criticisms, Human Rights and Social Inclusion, Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 8
th May, 2009
Convergence and Divergences in Liberal Political Philosophy: Berlin, Hayek and Popper, Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 16
th January, 2007
Women in Political Theory: Equality versus Difference, Department of Political Science, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, 23
rd July, 2002
Sir Karl Popper’s Methodological Defense of the Open Society, Department of Political Science, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, 23
rd July, 2002
John Rawls’ A Theory of Justice to The Law of Peoples, Department of Political Science, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, 22
nd July, 2002
Contemporary Liberalism: Isaiah Berlin, Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 13
th January, 2001
Contemporary Liberalism: John Rawls, Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 9
th January, 2001
Marxist Perspectives on the State, Academic Staff College, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 28
th October, 1997
LECTURES BY INVITATION
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Research Methods in Political Science, in Social Science Workshop, Salwan Public School, Tronica City, Ghaziabad, UP, 22nd May, 2019
Nature and significance of Political Theory, Department of Political Science, Aryabhatt College, 17
th August, 2017
Gandhi and the enterprise of Swaraj, Haryana Institute of Public Administration, Gurgaon, 28th November, 2014
Concept of Justice in Contemporary Political Theory, Department of Political Science, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 30
th November, 2010
Research Methods in Social Science: The Liberal Approach, School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, 21
st April, 2010
Feminist Political Theory, Centre for Advanced Study, University College of Art, Osmania University, Hyderabad, 6
th May, 2010
Liberalism, Centre for Advanced Study, University College of Art, Osmania University, Hyderabad, 5
th May, 2010
PARTICIPATION IN SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES
INTERNATIONAL
CHAIR
Multiculturalism and its Critics, (CS06.17), 24th World Congress of the International Political Science Association (Politics in a World of Inequality), Poznan, Poland, 23-28 July 2016.
Quotas for Women: A Recipe to reduce Gender Inequality (RC19.16), 24th World Congress of the International Political Science Association (Politics in a World of Inequality), Poznan,
Poland, 23-28 July 2016.
Gandhi and Brahmacharya, The Making of the Mahatma: M.K. Gandhi in South Africa, Centre for Gandhian Studies, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India, 10
th-12
th March 2011.
Lead Lectures on Satyagraha in South Africa: Contemporary Relevance & Gandhi, the Journalist, The Making of the Mahatma: M. K. Gandhi in South Africa, Centre for Gandhian Studies,
Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India, 10th- 12
th March 2011.
The Role of Leadership in the consolidation of Democratization in South and East Asian countries (SS01:348), 20
th World Congress of the International Political Science Association (Is
Democracy working?), Fukuoka, Japan, 9th- 13
th July 2006.
Leadership and Democratization in South Asia, 2nd World Congress of the Asian Political and International Studies Association, Hong Kong, China 14-16
th November 2005.
Democracy and Central Asia, 1st World Congress of the Asian Political and International Studies Association, Singapore, 28
th-30
th November 2003.
CO- CHAIR
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Revisiting the Perrennial ‘Problem’ of the Representation of Women, (RC19.07), 25th World Congress of the International Political Science Association (Borders and Margins),
Brisbane, Australia, 21-25 July 2018.
Parliamentary Versus Presidential Systems of Government, (CS01.40), 24th World Congress of the International Political Science Association (Politics in a World of Inequality), Poznan,
Poland, 23-28 July 2016.
PAPER PRESENTATION
The Liberal State and its Evolution, UGC-SAP-DRS-I International Seminar on State, Market and Democracy in India, 27-28
th February 2019.
The Women’s Suffrage Movement: From Margins to Mainstream in Political Socialization, Citizenship and Globalization Process (RC21.08), 25
th World Congress of the
International Political Science Association (Borders and Margins), Brisbane, Australia,
21-25 July 2018.
India’s crisis of governance: Women’s perspective, in Quotas for Women: A Recipe to reduce Gender Inequality (RC 19.16), 24
th World Congress of the International Political Science
Association (Politics in a World of Inequality), Poznan, Poland, 23-28 July 2016.
Sri Lanka: Nature of Political Leadership in a Highly Personalized and Centralized Democracy, 3
rd International Conference on Leadership and Learning in the Asian Century, Universiti Sans
Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia, 17-19 November 2014.
Gandhi and Rawls on Civil Disobedience, Gandhirama 2012, A Feast of Ideas and a Festival of Art, Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi, India 17
th -22
nd August 2012.
Limits of Multiculturalism: the Need for a shared Identity (in Absentia) in (RC 16: Socio Political Pluralism), 22
nd World Congress of the International Political Science Association (Reshaping
Power, Shifting Boundaries), Madrid, Spain, July 8-12 2012.
Satyagraha in South Africa” A Textual Analysis, The Making of the Mahatma: M.K. Gandhi in South Africa, Centre for Gandhian Studies, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India, 10-12
th March
2011.
Notion of Democratic Peace in Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Peace Science, IGNOU, Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti and Binghamton State University of New York, New
Delhi, India, 11-13th January 2010.
Sri Lanka: Nature of Political Leadership in a Highly Personalized and Centralized Democracy, in The Role of Leadership in the consolidation of Democratization in South and East Asian
countries (SS01:348), 20th
World Congress of the International Political Science Association
(Is Democracy Working?), Fukuoka, Japan, 9th- 13
th July 2006.
India’s Crisis of Governance: Women’s Perspective, in Democracy, Governance and Reform in South Asia (TC01), 2
nd World Congress of the Asian Political and International Studies
Association, Hong Kong, China, 14-16th November 2005.
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20
Sri Lanka: Nature of Political Leadership in a Highly Personalized and Centralized Democracy, in Leadership and Democratization in South Asia (TE02), 2
nd World Congress of the Asian
Political and International Studies Association, Hong Kong, China, 14-16th November 2005.
Nation State Formation and the Process of Democratization in the Developing World, 1st World Congress of the Asian Political Science and International Studies Association, Singapore, 28
th-
30th November 2003.
Post-Cold War Concerns: Women’s Representation in a Comparative Perspective in Gender, institutional change and transitional societies (MT5- 294), 19
th World Congress of the
International Political Science Association (Democracy, Tolerance, Justice), at Durban, South
Africa, 29th June - 4
th July 2003.
Unity in Diversity: The Gandhian Paradigm in uniting the different notions of Human Rights in Women and Human Rights, 99
th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,
at Boston, USA, 28th August to 1
st September 2002.
Eclipse of Dependency Theory: The Reasons for History’s Verdict Against it in Integrating the developing world into World Capitalism: Alternate views of Pessimists and Optimists (SS 88),
18th
World Congress of International Political Science Association (World Capitalism,
Governance and Community: toward a corporate millennium?), Quebec, Canada, 1-5th August
2000.
Rethinking the Welfare State: The Neo conservative Perspective, 17th World Congress of International Political Science Association (Conflict and Order), Seoul, South Korea,17
th-21
st
August 1997.
Civil Disobedience and Modern Political Theory Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore, 15
th August 1996.
Universalization of Democracy: The Seminal Importance of Rawls' Paradigm for the Developing World, 16
th World Congress of the International Political Science Association
(Democratization), Berlin, Germany, 21st-25
th August 1994.
Rawls and the Neo conservatives: Contrasting Perceptions on Equality, 15th World Congress of
the International Political Science Association (Centres and Peripheries in Contemporary
Politics: Interdependence and Power Asymmetries), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 21st-25
th July 1991.
NATIONAL
PAPER PRESENTATION
French Enlightenment, Rousseau and his Contemporaries in Revisiting Rousseau, Sir Parashurambhau College, Pune, 4
th-6
th September 2012.
Limits of Multiculturalism: Need for a Shared Identity in Contextualizing Democracy in 21st Century: Perspectives and Challenges, Kalindi College, New Delhi, 3
rd and 4
th February 2011.
Globalization versus Isolationism: To be on the right or wrong side of history in Globalization II- Market Economy and Gandhian Ethics, XXXIII Annual Conference of Indian Society of
Gandhian Studies, IGNOU, New Delhi, 29th-31
st October 2010.
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21
Civil Society and Democracy in Democracy: The Form and Substance, Schumacher Center for Development and Center for Comparative Democracies, Hyderabad, 18
th August 2007.
Gandhi and Rawls in Gandhi’s Satyagraha Centenary: 21st Century Challenges, Hindu College, New Delhi, 24
th March 2007.
Limits of Multiculturalism in a liberal Polity: Need for a Shared Identity, Cultural Diversity, Governance and Policy: India- Australia, School of Social Sciences and Australian Studies
Programme of the Faculty of Political Science, IGNOU and Australia-India Council, Australian
High Commission, New Delhi, 5th February, 2007.
Gandhi and Rawls on Civil Disobedience in Global Relevance of Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi Bhavan, University of Delhi, Delhi, 8
th-9
th February 1997.
Civil Disobedience and Contemporary Political Theory in Gandhi and his Contemporary Relevance, Gandhi Bhavan, University of Delhi, Delhi 21
st March 1997.
LOCAL
PAPER PRESENTATION
Convergence and Divergence in Liberal Theory: Berlin, Hayek and Popper, Faculty Seminar, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, Delhi, 3
rd December 2009.
Individual and the State: Gandhi’s Political Thought, Course Writers’ Workshop- Gandhian Studies Programme, IGNOU and Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi, 11
th -13
th June
2009.
Gender Equity and Empowerment in India in Equity, Development and Societal Management organized by the Management Services of India, New Delhi, 30
th September 2000.
Marxism and the Gender Question in 150 years of the Communist Manifesto, Indian Social Institute, New Delhi, 26-27
th March 1999.
Three Contrasting Perceptions of the French Revolution: Burke, Paine and Wollstonecraft in Society and Literature, Magazine Society, Jesus and Mary College, 23
rd March 1999.
Reform or Revolution: Bernstein versus Lenin, Sorel, Kautsky and Luxemburg in Theorizing Social Democracy, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, Delhi, 6
th January 1999.
Two Concepts of Liberty in a memorial service to Sir Isaiah Berlin, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, Delhi, 20
th November 1997.
Women in Western Political Theory, Women and Politics, Department of Political Science and Centre for Women’s Studies and Development, University of Delhi, Delhi, 5
th -7
th August 1997.
The Marxist Theory of the State, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, Delhi, 5th May 1997.
A Theory of Justice to Political Liberalism: One Rawls or Two?, Political Science in Contemporary World, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, Delhi, 25-26
th
March 1997.
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Gandhi-Tagore Controversy, Gandhi and His Critics, Gandhi Bhavan, University of Delhi, Delhi, 18
th January 1997.
Rawls and Modern Political Theory in Political Philosophy in the Late Twentieth Century, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 23
rd March
1990.
DISCUSSANT/MODERATOR
INTERNATIONAL
Panel (CS01.50) on Power Sharing as a Model to Resolve Majority Minority Conflict, 24th World
Congress of the International Political Science Association (Politics in World of Inequality),
Poznan, Poland, 23-28 July 2016
Panel (MT5-317) on Feminist Mobilization and Public Policies, 19th World Congress of the International Political Science Association (Democracy, Tolerance, Justice), Durban, South
Africa, 29th June - 4
th July 2003
Panel (GP3-276) on Working through Democracy, 19th world Congress of the International Political Science Association (Democracy, Tolerance, Justice), Durban, South Africa, 29
th June -
4th July 2003
Panel (MT3.1) on Gender and Global Governance, 18th World Congress of International
Political Science Association (World Capitalism, Governance and Community: toward a
corporate millennium?), Quebec, Canada, 1-5th August 2000
Panel on Political Philosophy in the Non-European World, 16th World Congress of the International Political Science Association (Democratization), Berlin, Germany, 21
st-25
th
August 1994
Panel on Liberalism and Socialism, 15th World Congress of the International Political Science
Association (Centres and peripheries in contemporary politics: Interdependence and power
asymmetries), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 21st-25
th July 1991
LOCAL
Discussant in a panel on Sir Karl Popper- A Centennial Tribute, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi South Campus, 25
th July 2002
Moderated a session on paper presentations in Refresher Course in Contemporary Political Theory, Department of Political Science, Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia
University, New Delhi, 22nd
January 2001
Resource Person to a workshop on NCERT’s Curriculum, Indian Social Institute, New Delhi, 8th April 2000
PARTICIPATION IN DISCUSSIONS IN TV PROGRAMMES
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, with Prof. Salil Mishra and Qurban Ali (Moderator), Dheye IAS Channel, 23
rd January 2019
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23
70 Years of India’s Independence with Ms Natasha Singh (Moderator), Prakash Kelkar, Editor Organizer, Insight, Lok Sabha TV, 14
th August 2016
Exit Polls and Battle for the States with Mr Saubradha Chatterjee, Deputy Bureau Chief, Hindustan Times, Ms T.K. Rajalakshmi, Chief, Frontline, Ms Monobina Basu, Journalist and
Ms Natasha (Moderator), Public Forum, Lok Sabha TV, 17th May 2016
110 Years of Swadeshi Movement with Prof. Salil Mishra, Deptt of History, Ambedkar University, and Nilanjan Mukhopadhya, A Page from History, Lok Sabha TV, 22
nd July
2015
Gandhian Era: Women Then and Now (Live), with Dr. Varsha Das and Dr. Reema Bhatia, Associate Professor in Sociology, Miranda House, and Ms Lotty Alaric (Moderator), Gender
Discourse, Lok Sabha TV, 2nd
October 2014.
Deen Dayal Upadhaya’s Integral Humanism, with Dr. Mahesh Chandra Sharma, former MP, Rajya Sabha, President, Society for Integral Humanism and Dr. Anirban Ganguly, Director,
Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookerjee, and Mr. Nilanjan Mukhopadhya (Moderator), A Page from
History, Lok Sabha TV, 15th September 2014.
Mahatma Gandhi last imprisonment: 70 years later, with Prof. Salil Mishra, Department of History, Ambedkar University and Mr. Nilanjan Mukhopadhya, (Moderator), A Page from
History, Lok Sabha TV, 23rd
April 2014.
Jawaharlal Nehru: An overview with Prof. Salil Mishra, Department of History, Ambedkar University, Mr Hiranmay Karlekar, Journalist, The Pioneer and Nilanjan Mukhopadhya
(Moderator), A Page from History, Lok Sabha TV 20th January, 2014.
Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad with Prof. Salil Mishra, Department of History, Dr. Ambedkar University, Prof. Rizwan Kaiser, Department of History, Jamia Millia Islamia, and Mr.
Nilanjan Mukhopadhya (Moderator), A Page from History, Lok Sabha TV, 26th November
2012.
Mountbatten Plan with Prof. Mridula Mukherjee and Mr. Nilanjan Mukhopadhya (Moderator) A Page from History, Lok Sabha TV, 16
th July 2012
150 birth year of Swami Vivekananda with Mr. Rakesh Batabyal, JNU, Swami Shanthamanda, RK Mission and Mr. Nilajan Mukhopadhya (moderator), A Page from
History, Lok Sabha TV, 30th January 2012
Fascination of authors and film makes with Mahatma Gandhi (Live) with Prof. Amit Sharma, Associate Professor of Sociology, JNU, Mr. Nalin Singh, Film Maker and Ms. Bhatt
(Moderator), Public Forum, Lok Sabha TV, 9th April 2011
Two Years of UPA II (Live) with Mr. Rajan Tiwari, BJP and Ms. Annie Raja, CPI and Ms Rashmi Saxena (Moderator), Focus Tonight, Focus TV, 24
th May 2011
Women Chief Ministers (Tamil Nadu and West Bengal) (Live) with Mr. Ashish Bose, Ms. T.K. Rajyalakshmi (Frontline), Mr. Smriddha Dutt (Brataman) and Ms Rashmi Saxena
(Moderator), Focus Tonight, Focus TV, 13th May 2011
First Phase Polling in West Bengal (Live) with Mr. Samriddha Dutta, Ms. Annie Raja (CPI Leader), The Brataman and Ms Rashmi Saxena (Moderator), Focus Tonight, Focus TV, 18
th
April 2011
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24
Polling in Tamil Nadu and Kerala (Live) with Mr. George Kalli, Manorama and Ms Rashmi Saxena (Moderator), Focus Tonight, Focus TV, 13
th April 2011
2nd Phase Assam Assembly Polls (Live) with Mr. Nayak, Shillong Times and Ms Rashmi Saxena (Moderator), Focus Tonight, Focus TV, 11
th April 2011
1st Phase Assam Assembly Polls (Live) with Mr. Nayak, Shillong Times and Ms Rashmi Saxena (Moderator), Focus Tonight, Focus TV, 4
th April 2011
Bhagat Singh’s 80th Martyrdom with Prof. S. Irfan Habib, NEUPA, Dr. Vageesh Jha, NML and Mr. Nilanjan Mukhopadhya (Moderator), A Page from History, Lok Sabha TV, 28
th
March 2011
Supreme Court verdict on the CVC- is it judicial over reach or activism? (Live) with Ms Rashmi Saxena (Moderator) and Mr Amitabh Sinha, Advocate and BJP media person, Focus
Tonight, Focus TV, 4th March 2011
Gender Budgeting (Live) with Ms Rashmi Saxena (Moderator), Ms Albina and Ms Divya (YWCA), Focus Tonight, Focus TV, 28
th February 2011
Railway Budget (Live) with Ms Rashmi Saxena (Moderator) and Mr Vij, former member, Railway Board, Focus Tonight, Focus TV, 25
th February 2011
Disruption of Parliament (Live) with Ms Rashmi Saxena (Moderator) and Mr Subhash Kashyap (former Secretary General Lok Sabha), Focus Tonight, Focus TV, 21
st February
2011
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Press Conference (Live) with Ms Rashmi Saxena (Moderator), Ms Renu Mittal (Senior Journalist) and Ms Annie Raja (Leader, CPM), Focus
Tonight, Focus TV, 16th February 2011
Dandi March in A Page from History with Prof. Arjun Dev NCERT and Mr, Hari Jaisingh, Journalist, Mr. Nilanjan Mukhopadhya (Moderator), Lok Sabha TV, 8
th March 2010
The Khilafat Agitation, with Prof. Mridula Mukherjee, Director, Nehru Memorial Library, Prof. Rizwan Kaiser, Deptt of History, Jamia Millia Islamia and Mr. Nilanjan Mukhopadhya
(Moderator) in A Page from History, Lok Sabha TV, 12th October 2009
Indo-Pak Peace Talks and its impact on Kashmir with Mr. Inder Malhotra, senior journalist and Mr Shahid Shabir (Moderator), Naya Savera, Doordarshan Kashir, 15
th January 2004
Changing Political Situation in Kashmir with Mr. Inder Malhotra senior journalist and Mr Shahid Shabir (Moderator), Naya Savera, Doordarshan Kashir, 30
th January 2004
Role of Intellectuals in Kashmir peace process Mr. Inder Malhotra senior journalist and Mr Shahid Shabir (Moderator), Naya Savera, Doordarshan Kashir, 15
th February 2004
Unemployment and its Impact on Kashmir Economy with Mr. Rohit Bal, Financial Express and Mr Shahid Shabir (Moderator), Naya Savera, Doordarshan Kashir, 1
st March 2004
Indian Economy and its ills with Mr. Rohit Bal, Financial Express and Mr Shahid Shabir (Moderator), Naya Savera, Doordarshan Kashir, 15
th March 2004
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Is there a justification of the expenses on Nuclear weapons with Mr. Arvind Ramachandra Deo, former Diplomat and Mr Shahid Shabir (Moderator), Naya Savera, Doordarshan Kashir, 30
th
March 2004
Relevance of Gandhi in Today’s world, (Live) Ghatna Chakr, Jain TV, 1st October 2004
Can War provide a long-term solution to political problems with Major Karim Khan and Mr Shahid Shabir (Moderator), Naya Savera, Doordarshan Kashir, 1
st April 2004
Human Rights in Kashmir with Mr. Goyal and Mr Shahid Shabir (Moderator), Naya Savera, Doordarshan Kashir, 15
th April 2004
The Importance of Strong Opposition and its role in Kashmir Politics with Mr. Ananth Kumar, Professor of Sociology, JNU and Mr Shahid Shabir (Moderator), Naya Savera, Doordarshan
Kashir, 1st May 2004
Children and Education in Kashmir with Ms. Sahba Hussain, Aman Public Trust, Nilufer, Journalist and Mr. Mike Pandey (Moderator), Doordarshan Kashir, 15
th May 2003
Panel Discussion on Mr. Rakesh Sinha’s book ‘K.B. Hedgewar: Builders of Modern India with Mr. Rakesh Sinha, Mr. Tarun Vijay, Editor Panchajanya and Ms Neelam Sharma (Moderator),
Doordarshan National Channel, 7th April, 2003
COMMENTARIES ON CURRENT ISSUES FOR ALL INDIA RADIO
Indo-Russian Nuclear Agreement, 25th January 2007
Supreme Court’s Verdict on Private Professional Colleges, 13th August 2005
PM’s Statement on Indo-US Relations, 6th August 2005
PM’s second day of Kashmir Visit, 11th June 2005
PM’s Kashmir Visit, 10thJune 2005
Trilateral Dialogue: India, China and Russia, 3rd June 2005
Mrs Sonia Gandhi’s Re-election as Congress President, 29th May 2005
The Jharkhand Imbroglio, 12th March 2005
The Election Commission’s strictures against Mr. Lalu Prasad Yadav, 14th February 2005
The Implication of the MMS case and the Right to Information, 18th December, 2004.
Imbroglio in Kashmir: Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh’s Initiatives and the Pakistani diatribe, 21
st November 2004
Presidential Elections in Russia 2000, 28th March 2000
President Putin’s visit to India: A Curtain Raiser, 28th September 2000
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DISCUSSIONS IN CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMME OF ALL INDIA RADIO
PROGRAMMES
Women’s Safety with Ms Chandrika Joshi and Ms. Manjari Chaturvedi, 16th December 2015
Socio educational indicators and Modi Government Initiatives with Mr. Ash Narain Ray, Indian Social Institute and Mr Arun Kumar, 26
th December 2014
Disruption in Indian Parliament with Mr. Sachitanananda Murthy, The Week and Mr Mohan Sahay, Journalist, 14
th February 2014
Round up of 2013 with Mr Raghuraman, Mr. Alok Bansal and Mr Parsa Venkestwara Rao, 27
th December 2013
Electoral Reforms with Ms Neerja Chowdhary and Sandeep Chopra, 18th November 2013
National Day of Girl Child, with Mr. Vinod Kumar Tikoo and Ms Radhika (moderator), 12th October 2012
Redefinition of Rape: The Court’s Suggestion, in Hindi with Ms Meenakshi Leki, Advocate High Court, and Shri Shailesh Sharma (Moderator) 8
th July 2012
Expansion of the Union Cabinet with Mr. T. K. Ramachandra, senior journalist and Mr. Prashant Sood (moderator), 29
th May 2009
The Recent Developments in Sri Lanka with Mr. Chatwal, former High Commissioner, Sri Lanka and Mr. Vinay Kumar, The Hindu, 24
th April 2009
The Role of Regional Parties in the forthcoming General Elections with Mr. Mohan Sahay, Mr Omar and Mr. Farooqi, senior Journalists, 20
th March 2009
Two Years of UPA with Mr. Kapil Sibal, Hon’able Minister for Science and Technology, and Mr. Vinod Sharma, (Moderator), Chief of Bureau, The Hindustan Times, 19
th May 2006
Poll Verdict and After with Mr Vinod Sharma, Chief of Bureau, The Hindustan Times and Mr K.V. Prasad, (Moderator) The Hindu, 12
th May 2006
State Financing of Elections with Dr. R.P. Bhalla, former Deputy election commissioner and Mr. Sumit Chakravarty, (Moderator) editor, The Mainstream 17
th February 2006
Forthcoming Assembly Elections in Bihar with Mr Vinod Sharma, Chief of Bureau, The Hindustan Times and Mr, Diwakar, (Moderator), 21
st October 2005
Rural Employment Guarantee scheme with Prof. Amitabh Kundu, JNU and Mr. Harveer Singh (Moderator), The Hindustan, 19
th August 2005
The Amendments to the Hindu Code Bill and women’s inheritance with Mr. Krishnan Majahan, Legal expert Supreme Court and Prof. Subrata Mukherjee (Moderator), Department of Political
Science, Delhi University, 19th December 2004
Politics of Coalition in Maharasthra with Mr. Vinod Sharma, Senior Journalist, The Hindustan Times, Mr. Dharmanand R. Kamath, Special correspondent, Podhari (Marathi Daily) and Mr.
Shekhar Iyer, (Moderator) Deputy Chief of Bureau, The Hindustan Times, 31st October 2004
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Assembly Elections in Three States with Mr. Vinod Sharma, Chief of Bureau, The Hindustan Times and Mr Diwakar (Moderator), 30
th January 2004
Ayodhya at the Crossroads with Mr. K. T. S. Tulsi, constitutional expert, Mr. Hiranmoy Karlekar, Political commentator and Mr. K.V. Prasad, (Moderator) The Hindu, 15
th June 2003
Cabinet Reshuffle with Mr. Manoj Joshi, The Times of India, Mr. A. K Bhattacharya, Managing Editor Business Standard and Mr. Inderjit (Moderator), Editor INFA, 2
nd February 2003
Government formation in Jammu and Kashmir with Mr. Arvind Ramchandra Deo Diplomat, Prof. Anuradha Chenoy JNU and Mr. Sumit Chakravarthy, (Moderator)
Editor Mainstream, 27th
October 2002
Tamil Nadu Developments with Mr. T.R. Ramachandran Chief of Bureau, The Tribune and Mr. Shastri Ramachandran, (Moderator), Senior Editor, The Times of India, 1
st July
2002
BJP in search of New Identity with Prof. C. P. Bhambri, JNU (retd), Mr. Chandan Mitra, Editor, The Pioneer and Mr. Arvind N. Das, (Moderator) Editor, Biblio, 19
th
December 2002
DISCUSSIONS ON RADIO BRIDGE (Live Broadcast), AIR
Women’s Safety and Empowerment with Mr. Chetan B. Sanghi (Jt Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development) and Ms Chandrika Joshi (Moderator), 9
th July 2018
State Assembly Elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh 2017 with Mr Vijay Upasana, Ms Chandrika Joshi (Moderator), 18
th December 2017
General Elections 2014 with Mr. Sandeep Dikshit, The Hindu, Mr. Muralidhar Reddy, The Hindu, Mr. Akilesh Mittal (Moderator), Ms Asha Dwidevi (Moderator), 16
th May 2014
Are girls safe in their homes with Dr. Ranjana Kumari and Ms Chandrika Joshi (Moderator), Public Speak, 12
th May 2014
Women’s Safety and Social Responsibility with Dr. Vandana Shiva and Mr Akilesh Mittal (Moderator), Public Speak, 6
th January 2014
Supreme Court’s verdict on live in relationship, Public Speak, 2nd December 2013
State Assembly Elections 2012 (Uttarakand, UP, Goa, Punjab & Manipur) 6th March 2012
State Assembly Elections 2011 (West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Assam) with Mr Deepak, editor The Sun, Mr. Sumit Chakravarthy, Editor, The Mainstream,
Mr. Rajindra Chugh and Ms Vineeta Menon (Moderators), 13th
May 2011
Elections 2009 with Ms Kalyani Shankar, Ms Shubra and Mr. Shambunath Chaudhary, 19
th May 2009
SAARC- Hopes and Prospect with Mr. G. Parthasarathi, former diplomat and Mr. Mehandra Ved, Writer and Columnist, 3
rd April 2007
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State Assembly Elections with Mr. Mohan Sahay, The Statesman and Mr. Rajinder Chugh, Correspondent, AIR, 26
th February 2005
Election Analysis of Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Tripura and Nagaland with Mr. Akilesh Mittal (AIR Correspondent) and Mr. Arun Mathur, Editor Outlook, 1
st March 2003
DISCUSSIONS IN AIR PROGRAMMES
Measures for Girl Child, Ms Diksha, Spotlight, 25th October 2018
International Day of Girl Child, Ms. Anupama Mishra, Spotlight, 11th October 2018
Care of Senior Citizens, Ms Aditi Tandon, The Tribune, Spotlight, 1st October 2018
Women’s Safety with Ms Anupurna Jha, Spotlight, 1st June 2018
Educational Qualifications for Panchayat Leaders, with Santosh Pathak, Vaad Samvaad, 28th November 2017
Capital Punishment in Nirbaya’s case with Mr. K.V. Prasad, Spotlight, 5th May 2018
Women’s security with Ms Anupama Mishra, Spotlight, 29th November 2016
Security for Children with Ms. Annapurna Jha, Spotlight, 14th November 2016
Politics in Tamil Nadu, with Mr. Prashant Sood, Spotlight, 26th October 2016
Role of Women in the National Movement, with Prashant Sood, Spotlight, 18th August 2016
Women’s Security with Anupama Mishra, Spotlight, 7th July 2016
Elections to the Rajya Sabha, with Prashant Sood, Spotlight, 12th June 2016
Draft Proposal for Women with Vartika Nanda and Dhanjay (Moderator), Vaad Samvaad (Hindi), 18
th May 2016
Atrocities against Women in Kerala with Ms Annapurna Jha, Spotlight, 5th May 2016
International Women’s Day with Ms Annapurna Jha, Spotlight, 8th March 2016
Social Sectors and forthcoming Budget with Ms Manjari Sahay, Spotlight, 19th February 2016
High Court Verdict and Sexual Crimes with Ms Anita Tandon, The Tribune, Spotlight, 4th November 2015
High Court Judge on Castration of Sexual offenders with Mr Satya, The Hindustan Times, Spotlight, 27
th October 2015
Adverse sex ratio and its impact on society with Mr Prashant Sood, INES, Spotlight, 18th October 2015
Girl Child Education, with Ms Annapurna Jha, Spotlight, 4th June 2015
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Initiatives for Women by the Government with Mr Roshan Gaur, Rashtriya Sahara, Spotlight, 22
nd May 2015
Ambedkar’s vision of democracy and social justice with Ms Annapurna Jha, Spotlight, 14
th April 2015
International Women’s day with Ms Annapurna Jha, Spotlight, 8th March 2015
Modi-Obama’s Mann ki Baat with Prashant Sood, INS, Spotlight, 28th January 2015
WHO report on Gender Equality, with Vandana Agarwal, Hindustan, Spotlight, 29th October 2014
Female Infanticide, with Ms Rakhee and Mr Dilip (Moderator), Vaad Samvaad (Hindi), 14th October 2014
Conviction of Jayalalitha and the Political Implications with Mr. T. K. Ramachandran, Tribune Bureau Chief, Spotlight, 28
th September 2014
Crimes Against Women: Society’s responsibility with Ms Annapurna Jha, Spotlight, 19th July 2014
Telegana State and its impact with Mr Sachitananda Murthy, The Week, Spotlight, 5th June 2014
Women’s issues in the General Elections campaign with Ms Annapurna Jha, Spotlight, 12th April 2014
Political opportunism with Mr. K.V. Prasad, Spotlight, 21st March 2014
Women and Politics with Ms Annapurna Jha, Spotlight, 8th March 2014
The Search for Lokpal with Ms Annapurna Jha, Spotlight, 28th February 2014
Court verdict on wife should know her husband’s earnings, with Ms Vandana Aggarwal, Surkiyon se pare, 23
rd January 2014.
Trust vote and challenges ahead for AAP with Mr Mohan Sahay, Spotlight, 2nd January 2014.
Political Reactions to Section 377, Vaad Samvaad (Hindi), 17th December 2013.
Supreme Court’s verdict on Section 377 with Mr Ajay Khemka, Spotlight, 11th December 2013.
Women’s Development, Representation, with Saroj Negi, Prasar Bharathi, 8th March 2013
Women in Politics, Prasar Bharathi, 21st September 2012
Violence against Women, Prasar Bharathi, 23rd August 2012
International Women’s Day, with Ms Radhika, Spotlight 8th March, 2012
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Government’s decision to appoint a JPC with Mr. Shekar Iyer, The Hindustan Times, Spotlight, 23
rd February 2011
Girl Child- A Nation’s Pride with Ms Anupama Jha, The Pioneer, Spotlight, 21st January 2011
International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women with Mr. K.V. Prasad, The Hindu, Spotlight, 25
th November 2010
Karnataka Government’s political crisis: the trust vote and its aftermath, with Mr Rajkumar Singh, Dainik Tribune and Mr. Arun Anand (moderator), Public Forum, 13
th October 2010
Government Formation in Jharkhand with Mr. Mohan Sahay, Focus TV, Spotlight, 14th September 2010.
The Stalemate in Karnataka with Mr. B.S. Arun, Bureau Chief and Political Editor, Deccan Herald, Spotlight, 15
th July 2010
The West Bengal Civic Polls with Mr. Sumit Chakravarthy, Editor, Mainstream, Spotlight, 2nd June 2010
Passage of Women’s Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha, with Ms. Monica, Research Scholar, Spotlight, 9
th March 2010
Imbroglio in Telegana with Mr. K.V. Prasad, The Hindu, Spotlight, 21st February 2010
UPA’s welfare schemes with Mr. Deepak Uprethi, Deccan Herald, Spotlight, 8th September 2009
Independence Day Eve with Prof. Subrata Mukherjee, Spotlight, 14th August 2009
Women’s Reservation Bill with Ms. Aditi, journalist, The Hindu, Spotlight, 9th June 2009
Election of Ms. Meira Kumar as the first woman Speaker with Mr. Mohan Sahay, associate editor, Focus TV, 3
rd June 2009
Polling Violence with Mr. Mohan Sahay, Spotlight, 16th April 2009
International Women’s Day with Dr. Aparna Bhardwaj, advocate, Supreme Court of India, Spotlight, 8
th March 2009
State Assembly Elections, with Mr. Prashant Sood, Spotlight, 8th December 2008
Bhutan Elections with Ms Jyoti Malhotra, The Mint, Spotlight, 25th March 2008
The Consumer movement in India with Mr. Prashant Sood, freelance journalist, Spotlight, 14th
March 2008
Exam Stress and suicide among students with Prof. Subrata Mukherjee, Spotlight, 14th February 2008
President’s Rule in Karnataka (Hindi) with Mr, Jai Shankar Gupta, Hindustan and Mr. Vinod Agnihotri, Outlook (Hindi edition), Vaad Samvaad (Hindi), 21
st November 2007
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President’s Rule in Karnataka with Mr. Vinay Kumar, Senior Assistant Editor, The Hindu, Spotlight, 20
th November 2007
Development Programmes for Children with Rajeev Ranjan Jha, The Pioneer, Spotlight, 20th October 2007
The Midday meals scheme in schools with Rajeev Ranjan Jha, The Pioneer, Spotlight, 5th October 2007
Pratibha Patil’s Candidature for President’s post with Mr. K. V. Prasad, Correspondent, The Hindu, Spotlight, 15
th June 2007
2007 Goa Assembly Elections with Mr. Sailesh Mishra, Lokmat, Spotlight, 5th June 2007
Supreme Court’s Directives on Ragging with Prof. Amarjit Singh Narang, IGNOU, Spotlight, 17
th May 2007
UP Elections and Mayawati’s victory with Ms. Aditi Phadnis, Business Standard, Spotlight, 11
th May 2007
Settlement of Cauvery River Water Dispute with Mr Arvind Shukla, Advocate, Supreme Court, Spotlight, 5
th February 2007
National Children’s Day with Mr. K. V. Prasad, special correspondent, The Hindu, Spotlight, 14
th November 2006
National and International Literacy day, with Mr K.V. Prasad, special correspondent, The Hindu, Spotlight, 8
th September 2006
President Kalam’s Independence Day Address with Mr K.V. Prasad, special correspondent, The Hindu, Spotlight, 14
th August 2006
The IIM Fee Hike with Mr. Vinod Sharma, Chief of Bureau, The Hindustan Times, Spotlight, 3
rd April 2006
Reconvening of the Parliament in view of the Office of Profit controversy with Mr Jai Raina, The Hindustan Times, Spotlight, 30
th March 2006
Girl Child Education in India (English and Hindi) with Ms Aditi Phadnis, Political Editor, The Business Standard, Spotlight, 19
th March 2006
Bihar Assembly Elections with Mr. Vinod Sharma, Chief of Bureau, The Hindustan Times, Spotlight, 9
th September 2005
RSS-BJP standoff with Mr. Jamini Kumar Srivastav, Spotlight, 17th July 2005
On BJP’s dilemma with Jamini Kumar Srivastav, AIR Correspondent, Spotlight, 23rd January 2005
Russian President Vlamidir Putin visit to India with Mr. Ashok Khanduri (Hindi) and Mr. Praveen Kavi (English), AIR Correspondents, Spotlight, 3
rd December 2004.
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Non-Passage of J&K Permanent Residents Bill with Mr. B.S. Arun, Deccan Herald, Spotlight, 28
th August 2004
Uma Bharathi’s surrender in Karnataka with Mr. B.S. Arun, Deccan Herald, Spotlight, 25th August 2004
Political Developments in Madhya Pradesh with Mr Yogesh Shukla, UNI, Spotlight, 22nd August 2004
Fire in School premises in Kumbakonam with Mr. R.K. Sharma, Fire Safety Expert, Spotlight, 16
th July 2004
Disruption of Parliament with Mr. T.R. Ramachandran, Chief of Bureau, The Tribune, Spotlight, 5
th July 2004
Dismissal of Governors in Four States with Mr. Rahul Jhalani, Journalist, Spotlight, 2nd July 2004
Indo-Pakistan decision on Nuclear Moratorium with Mr. A. N. Ram, Diplomat, Spotlight, 20th June 2004
PM Vajpayee’s call for a pragmatic solution to the issues between India and Pakistan with Mr. Siddhartha Misra, The Pionner, Spotlight, 12
th March 2004
Emerging Political Developments in UP with Mr. Sudesh K. Verma, The Statesman, Spotlight, 4
th March 2004
PM Vajpayee’s Address to the Minorities Forum with Mr. K.V. Prasad, The Hindu, Spotlight, 25
th February 2004
BJP’s new alliances with Mr. Sanjay Singh, The Pioneer, Spotlight, 16th February 2004
Mr. Vaiko’s Release and the Pota with Mr. Arun Bhagat, Former Chief of Intelligence Bureau, Spotlight, 7
th February 2004
Impending Dissolution of the 13th Lok Sabha with Mr. M.D. Nalapat, Senior Journalist, The Times of India, Spotlight, 5
th February 2004
BJP’s National Executive Meeting with Mr. T.R. Ramachandran, Chief of Bureau, The Tribune, Spotlight, 12
th January 2004
A Tribute to Kushabav Thackre with Mr. Seshadri Chari, Editor, The Organiser, Spotlight, 28th December 2003
PM Vajpayee’s assurance on the CBI Inquiry over Judeo Case with Mr. K.V. Prasad, The Hindu, Spotlight, 10
th December 2003
PM Vajpayee’s call to his BJP Parliamentary Party with Mr. Siddhartha Misra. Metro Editor, The Pioneer, Spotlight, 3
rd December 2003
Sentence to Journalists by the Tamil Nadu Assembly in a Privilege case with Mr. T. R. Ramachandran, Chief of Bureau, The Tribune, Spotlight, 8
th November 2003
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Political Developments in UP with Mr. Ajit Kumar Jha, Political Editor, India Today, Spotlight, 26
th August 2003
NDA’s Strategy towards the No-Confidence Motion in Parliament Mr. Ajit Kumar Jha, Political Editor, India Today, Spotlight, 16
th August 2003
PM Vajpayee’s Clarification on Ayodhya with Mr. Manoj Joshi, Political Editor, The Times of India, Spotlight, 4
th August 2003
Political Controversy over the Taj Corridor Project with Mr. T.R. Ramachandran, Chief of Bureau, The Tribune, Spotlight, 29
th July 2003
BJP’s National Executive’s Resolution on Ayodhya and the Women’s Reservation Bill with Ms. Radha Viswanath, Senior Journalist, Spotlight, 19
th July 2003
CBI to probe the Taj Corridor Controversy with Mr. B.S. Arun, The Deccan Herald, Spotlight, 16
th July 2003
The UP Government’s decision to order a CBI probe into the death of Poetess Madhumita Shukla with Mr. Sudesh K. Verma, The Statesman, Spotlight, 17
th June 2003
On the Union Cabinet’s Decision to extend Reservation list, Morning News Bulletin, 6th June 2003
Suspension of Medical Students in Tamil Nadu with Mr. K.V. Prasad, The Hindu, Spotlight, 18
th May 2003
Women’s Reservation Bill with Ms Radha Viswanath, Senior Journalist, Spotlight, 5th May 2003
Political Implications of the Killing of Mr. Haren Pandey with Mr. Seshadri Chari, Editor, The Organiser, Spotlight, 26
th March 2003
Dharam Sansad, Ayodhya and March to Parliament with Mr. Tarun Vijay, Editor, Panchjanya, Spotlight, 22
nd February 2003
Defections and UP Politics with Mr. B.S. Arun, The Deccan Herald, Spotlight, 4th February 2003
Challenges before Indian Democracy with Mr. Jayanta Roy Chowdhury, Chief of Bureau (Business) The Telegraph, Spotlight, 22
nd January 2003
CWC Meeting and Congress Strategy for the forthcoming Assembly Elections, News Bulletin (Afternoon) with Mr. B. S. Arun, The Deccan Herald (English) and Mr. Suresh Bawana, Nai
Duniya’s Bureau Chief (Hindi), Spotlight, 6th January 2003
On the eve of Gujarat Elections with Mr. Ambikananadan Sahay, Senior Editor, The Times of India, Senior Editor, The Times of India, Spotlight, 11
th December 2002
Release of Nagappa with Mr. B. S. Arun, The Deccan Herald, Spotlight, 8th December 2002
Issues in Gujarat Elections with Ms Neeraja Chowdhary, Senior Editor, The Indian Express, Spotlight, 7
th November 2002
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Security Arrangements in Gujarat with Mr. Prakash Singh, former Director, BSF, Spotlight, 7th November 2002
Cauvery River Water Dispute with Mr. Ambikanandan Sahay, Senior Editor, The Times of India, Spotlight, 21
st September 2002
Tackling Corruption at various levels with Mr. U.C. Aggarwal, former Vigilance Chief, Spotlight, 26
th August 2002
Raids on former DMK Ministers in Tamil Nadu with Mr. Shastri Ramachandran, Senior Editor, The Times of India, Spotlight, 17
th August 2002
Indo-Pak Patrolling along the LOC with Mr. Rahul, Spotlight, 5th June 2002
Russia on the US involvement in Afghanistan, Morning News Bulletin, 28th November 2001
Political Fallout of the Rejection of Jayalalitha’s nomination with Mr. Shastri Ramachandran, Senior Editor, The Times of India, Spotlight, 25
th April 2001
Review of the Constitution with Ms. Kalyani Shankar, Political Editor, The Hindustan Times, Spotlight, 27
th January 2000