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A Feminist Way of Life

Vol. 51, Issue No. 26-27, 25 Jun, 2016
Commentary
Vibhuti Patel
Trupti Shah, feminist and environmentalist, lived her life to the fullest embodying her belief that the feminist perspective is not an ideology but a way of life.

Womanifesto

Vol. 49, Issue No. 16, 19 Apr, 2014
Letters
All India Progressive Women's Association and other organisations and individuals., Devaki Jain, Lalita Ramdas, National Alliance of Women, National Federation of Dalit Women, Rohini Hensman, Ruth Manorama, Stree Mukti Sangathana, Suneeta Dhar, Uma Chakravarti, Vibhuti Patel, Women's Voice
A freedom movement for women has been sparked off. Citizens across the country are demanding an end to the generations of violence and suppression faced by hundreds of millions of Indian women and girls – from rape and domestic abuse, to lower pay and no right to property. Voters are calling on...

Marginalisation of Minorities

Vol. 49, Issue No. 9, 01 Mar, 2014
Book Reviews
Vibhuti Patel
India: Social Development Report 2012: Minorities at the Margins edited by Mushirul Hasan and Zoya Hasan, Council for Social Development (Delhi: Oxford University Press), 2013; pp xx + 298, Rs 795

Ila Pathak (1933-2014)

Vol. 49, Issue No. 4, 25 Jan, 2014
Letters
Sonal Shukla, Vibhuti Patel
In the passing away of Ila Pathak on 9 January in Ahmedabad, Gujarat has lost a dedicated social activist who stood by the excluded sections of society, especially brutalised women. She tirelessly supported women survivors of dowry harassment, rape victims, victims of crimes of honour not only in...

Socio-economic Profile of Muslims in Maharashtra

Vol. 48, Issue No. 36, 07 Sep, 2013
Notes
Vibhuti Patel
A socio-economic profi le of Muslims in Maharashtra commissioned by the Maharashtra State Minority Commission indicates dismal conditions on the social, economic and educational fronts as also poor representation in the legislature and the Indian Administrative Service and Indian Police Service cadres.

A Long Battle for the Girl Child

Vol. 46, Issue No. 21, 21 May, 2011
Commentary
Vibhuti Patel
The Forum against Sex Determination and Sex Preselection began its campaign in Mumbai against discriminatory abortions of female foetuses in April 1986. In the 25 years since then, laws have been enacted against the practice but female foeticide continues. It is a major challenge to fight the use of pre-selection techniques for sonpreference without jeopardising women's right to safe abortion.

Dynamics of Women's Studies and Women's Movement

Vol. 45, Issue No. 33, 14 Aug, 2010
Book Reviews
Vibhuti Patel
Women's Studies and Women's Movement in India since the 1970s: An Overview by Kusum Datta

Neera Desai (1925-2009): Pioneer of Women's Studies in India

Vol. 44, Issue No. 28, 11 Jul, 2009
Commentary
Vibhuti Patel
The front runner of Women's Studies in India and the creator of a model women's studies centre that combined the ethos of women's studies and women's movement at the SNDT University, Mumbai, Neera Desai passed away on 25 June.

Gender Mainstreaming in Social Protection

Vol. 44, Issue No. 16, 18 Apr, 2009
Book Reviews
Vibhuti Patel
 since 1983, the CAG has been made a member of the House of Commons. DecentralisationTo reduce the workload on the system and make it effective, Mathur suggests that the office of the CAG needs to be decentralised and that independent wings of this body need to be constituted at the level of the states. Presently, the accountant general, who is responsible for auditing the finances of the states, also functions as a subordinate office of the CAG. However, the accountant general enjoys no constitutional and legal status, so he is unable to deal effectively with the Public Accounts Committee of the legislature or take up critical issues with the state government. Mathur points out that the original draft of the Constitution made by the Drafting Committee did contain a provision for an auditor general for the states but this provision was done away with on the recommendations of the expert committee which reasoned that many states may not choose to exercise the option of appointing a separate auditor general and that auditing and accounting could become one entity under the authority of the CAG. To strengthen audit mechanisms, this situation needs to be remedied. The book suggests that the accountant general

Obituary: Thakor Shah

Vol. 39, Issue No. 21, 22 May, 2004
Commentary
Amar Jesani, Vibhuti Patel
Thakor Shah AMAR JESANI, VIBHUTI PATEL ment and the ideological commitments of At a time when the nation needs people who could keep alive the secular conscience of Gujarat, the passing away of Thakor Shah on April 10, 2004 in Vadodara due to massive heart attack has come as a big jolt. He died while participating in the meeting of the network of social movements in Gujarat. Of the 76 years he lived, he spent over 60 years in public life, making personal sacrifices, fearlessly withstanding all attacks

Adverse Juvenile Sex Ratio in Kerala

Vol. 37, Issue No. 22, 01 Jun, 2002
Commentary
Vibhuti Patel
Census 2001 has revealed a deterioration in the juvenile malefemale sex ratio in Kerala. Hospital birth records can help establish sex ratios at birth and thus the prevalence of female foeticide. However, civil society and the state will need to pitch in to check the misuse of technology for female foeticide in Kerala.

STREET THEATRE- Unending Story

Vol. 20, Issue No. 44, 02 Nov, 1985
From Our Correspondent
Sonal Shukla, Vibhuti Patel
The increase was mainly concentrated in the quarter July-September when time deposits rose by Rs 3,273 crore as against Rs 1,733 crore in the corresponding period last year. Bank credit which was increasing steadily in the first four months recorded a fall of Rs 123 crore in August 1985, due to a fall of Rs 441 crore in food procurement credit. it picked up thereafter and the expansion in the first six months amounted to Rs 2,086 crore or 4.3 per 'cent. During the corresponding period last year bank credit recorded an increase of R s 2,212 crore or 5.4 per cent. Credit-deposit ratio was lower at 64.5 per cent as against 66.1 per cent last year. The incremental credit-deposit ratio fell to 33.6 per cent from 42 per cent last year (Table 2). During the current year so far, food credit has contributed .hardly one per cent to the rise of Rs 2,086 crore in bank credit compared to its share of 38 per cent last year.

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