Eastern Quarterly Volume 3 Issue II July – September 2005
Issue Editors
D.A. Sadokpam
Ksh. Imokanta Singh
Editor-in-Chief
Th. Tarunkumar
Executive Editors
A. Bimol Akoijam
Bhagat Oinam
Consulting Editors
D.A Sadokpam
E. Bijoykumar Singh
Associate Editor
N. Manichandra Singh
Assistant Editors
G. Amarjit Sharma
Homen Thangjam
Kh. Bijoykumar Singh
Ksh. Imokanta Singh
Yengkhom Jilangamba
Editorial Assistants
N. William Singh
Ph. Newton Singh
Thiyam Sudip
Y. Ojen Singh
Contributors:
Meera Nanda is a John Templeton Foundation Fellow in Religion and Science (2005–2007). She is the author of The Wrongs of the Religious Right (2005), Prophets Facing Backward (2004), Postmodernism and Religious Fundamentalism (2003), and Breaking the Spell of Dharma & Other Essays (2002). She also periodically contributes essays to Economic and Political Weekly (EPW), The Hindu, The Telegraph, etc. meerananda@hotmail.com
Bhagat Oinam is Associate Professor at the Centre for Philosophy, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. Earlier, he taught philosophy at North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, and IIT–Bombay. Besides moral and social philosophy, his academic interests include socio-political dynamics of Northeast India. His works are published in EPW, Seminar, The Statesman and various edited monographs. bhagatoinam@mail.jnu.ac.in
Ritupan Goswami is a research scholar at the Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, JNU, New Delhi. He is currently working on the issues concerning modernity and development. r_itupan@yahoo.co.uk
Yengkhom Jilangamba is a research scholar at the Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, JNU, New Delhi. He has worked on colonial ethnography and history of development. cziellah@yahoo.co.in
Homen Thangjam is a research scholar at the Centre for Russian & East European Studies, School of International Studies, JNU, New Delhi. He has worked on democratisation processes in Russia & East Europe. homen_th@yahoo.co.in
Thingam Kishan Singh is currently Lecturer of English in D.M. College of Arts, Imphal. Earlier, he taught at Shyamlal College, Delhi University. He has specialised in postcolonial theory engaging African fiction. He is currently working on the hermeneutics of traditional Manipuri literatures. His forthcoming book is entitled Rethinking Colonialism. th_kishan@yahoo.co.in Peter Ronald Desouza is a political theorist and former Professor of Political Science at the University of Goa. Currently, he is Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi. He is one of the Principal Investigators of the ‘experiences and working of democracy in South Asia’ under the Lokniti programme of the CSDS. peter@csds.del
H Khogen Singh is currently News Editor in Hindustan Times, New Delhi.