Abstract: The very act of remembering subsumes a reinterpretation of the past in the present. Citing Daniel L. Schacter, Rajesh Nair argues the memories are records of how we have experienced events, and are not replicas of the events themselves.…
Abstract:The first part of this paper discusses the emerging profile of the elderly in Kerala for the next fifty years based on certain projections, followed by the micro-analysis of elderly living conditions from the recent migration survey conducted by the…
To, the Rafto Foundation, Sisters & Brothers, Friends, and the International Human Rights Community, Assalamu Alaikkum, My heartfelt thanks to the Rafto Foundation for co-awarding me the 2017 Rafto Human Rights Prize with ParvezImroz, the co-founder of The Association…
I The erstwhile princely states of Travancore and Cochin (which were merged with the British Malabar in 1956 to form the linguistic state of Kerala) witnessed an unprecedented mushrooming of organisations which can generally be described as community-based in the…
Abstract: I presented this paper at the International Women and Justice Summit organised by the KADEM (Kadin ve Domokrasi Derneği), an NGO, and the Ministry of the Family and Social Policy in Istanbul, November 24-25, 2014. The paper was assigned…
Human beings are susceptible to various degrees and kinds of maladies (real and metaphoric) which they dread and try to overcome. By engaging in a process of reflecting, researching upon and observing the psycho-somatic tangle of illness and wellness, one…
Abstract: For Foucault, ‘modern medicine has fixed its own date of birth as being in the last years of the eighteenth century’. During this period, a paradigmatic turn has taken place in the history of medical thought regarding the classifications…
Abstract: The story of Goddess Renuka who is commonly worshipped as Yellamma in most South Indian states is an illustration of the enterprising woman. In Maharashtra, Renuka temple in Mahur is deemed one of the Shakti peethas, and it would…
Keywords: women in publishing, oral history, visual history project, different biographical work, women scientists SPARROW’s foray into publishing began as a tentative venture in 1997. Before that we had brought out only a report of a workshop with college students…
This selection of women’s writing does not claim to be exhaustive, but is an attempt to approach ‘women’s writing’ from a supra-national(ist), non-regionalist, and non-periphalist perspective of South Asia. We are not looking for national representatives here or even regionalist…
Abstract: The focus is on poetry and a close reading of Prabha Ganorkar’s work is attempted. The development of Marathi poetry in its historical context is traced and an effort is made to show its common links to as well…
Review of the Contributions of a Major Thinker This issue of Samyukta highlights the contributions of Sri.Aurobindo Sri Aurobindo (Aurobindo Ghose 1872-1950) was a revolutionary freedom fighter of India, turned philosopher and spiritual leader. He was one of the few…
