Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 23:15:51 -0700
From: bismil-AT-IDT.NET
To: Indian Progressive Study Group <ipsg-AT-maestro.com>
Subject: Ending the Legacy of Division - Program - Sat Aug 2nd, 1pm - 6pm.


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              On the Occasion of India's 50th
                 Independence Anniversary:

             "ENDING THE LEGACY OF DIVISION"

                Saturday, August 2nd 1997
                       1pm - 6pm

  **          (PLEASE NOTE REVISED TIMINGS)         **

             Earl Hall, Columbia University
                        New York

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                   CONFERENCE PROGRAM


1:00 PM         Registration

1:15 PM         Introduction and Welcome

1:30 PM         Session I :
                Fifty Years of Independence - Fifty Years of Divisions

* 50 Years of Independence: 50 Years of Divisions;
* Developments in the Economy, Politics, Rights, and Culture;
* Divide and Rule in Modern Times

* South Asia Before and After

* Rights in the Era of Globalisation;
* Secularism and Communalism in the Context of Equal Rights;


3:30 PM   Break

 
4:00 PM         Session II :    Ending the Legacy of Division

* United Front and the Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy;
* Democratic Renewal in India - The Role of Political Parties and
  the Electoral System;

* Insurgency, Armed Struggle and the Striving for a New Political
  Power in India;
* Divisions in the Left Movement Before and After Naxalbari;
* A Perspective to End the Legacy of Division


5:45 PM Concluding Remarks.

6:00 PM Reception


For more information, or to pre-register, contact:


        Phone/Fax:      (201) 384-7331
        Email:          ipsg-AT-maestro.com


ORGANIZED BY THE INDIAN PROGRESSIVE STUDY GROUP
Earl Hall, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027






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