Author: C B Muthamma
Publisher: Viveka Foundation
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 310
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8188251119
Description
This volume is not just the most severe indictment of the Indian political system, but a solution to it. For those concerned about being citizens of what, many believe, is a rudderless India, the book is an overreaching source of wisdom and even comfort.
Slain by the System is not just the most severe indictment of the Indian political system, but a solution to it. For those concerned about being citizens of what, many believe, is a rudderless India, the book is an overarching source of wisdom and even comfort. Covering the widest spectrum of issues, the author strikes again and again at the root causes of problems. The book is a tribute to an unrelenting and compassionate patriot who has spent a lifetime fighting against corruption and low standards of governance in the corridors of power. If the essays are insightful and wise, they are also witty and smart, if they are deeply spiritual and compassionate, they are also pragmatic and applicable.
REVIEWS
This is a book written by an honest intellectual totally devoted to the nation and its future…She is at the giving end and the nation should be beholder to her for her contributions through acts of selfless social service and fearless writings.
-Dr Subhash Kashyap, Editor, South Asia Politics
The variety of topics that Ms. Muthamma has dealt with shows the wide angle of her vision…Readers will find it a veritable treat to read through her essays and luxuriate in hindsight on the turn of events that have been written about. By any standard, the book will be very good reading.
-Ms Chokila Lyer, former Foreign Secretary
Contents
Foreword
A Personal Tribute
Editor’s Note
The Constitution and Our Democracy 1
The Constitution and Our Democracy 2
Our Constitution and Our Aspirations
Reflections on Thirty-Seven Years
Across Two Epochs
Is Non-Alignment a Policy?
The National Ethos
Women for Peace and Development
Olof Palme - A Tribute
Trouble in Kodagu
India: Decolonising the Mind
Measuring Progress
The Dynamics of Our System
Rajiv is not the Issue
Challenges of Freedom
Unwise Move for Tea Estates in Kodagu
India in the Contemporary World
Progress of a Sort
Consensus Structure
The Lessons of Meham
Change the System
Gulf War and the Third World
Politics of the Ayodhya Conflict
Tourism is Spoiling Kodagu
The United States, India and Kashmir:
A Case off Ill-Conceived Policies
Traditional Wisdom Lost, India Goes West
Visitors from America
The Other India
Panchayati Raj as Window Dressing
Decentralization will solve Kodagu’s Problems
The Urgency of Value Education: The Primacy of The Girl Child
India’s Foreign Relations: Some Basic Aspects
Sources of Corruption: Need For Reforms
Sane Majority Defamed by Lunatic Fringe
Distinctive Features of the Crisis
Better Late than Never
Pursuing Peace Beyond Agra
Tackling the Terrorists
The De-civilising of India
The Civilised Society
BOOK REVIEWS
Obote-Second Liberation
We the People
North East Region-Problems and Prospects of Development
India-The Formative Years
A Study of the Origins of Coorg