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Landscapes of Fear: Understanding Impunity in India

Landscapes of Fear: Understanding Impunity in India

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Landscapes of Fear: Understanding Impunity in India
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<strong>NORTH EAST INDIA STUDIES PROGRAMME SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES-I</strong> <strong>Book Discussion </strong> <strong>Landscapes of Fear: Understanding Impunity in India</strong> <strong>12TH October, 2015 </strong> CHAIR : <strong>Dr. Pratiksha Baxi</strong>, CSLG, JNU SPEAKERS <strong>Dr. Navsharan Singh</strong>, (Editor of the book). <strong>Prof. Samir Kumar Das</strong> (Visiting Faculty, NEISP, JNU) <strong>Prof. Bhagat Oinam </strong>(CP, JNU) <strong>Ms. Warisha Farasat</strong> (Centre for Equity Studies, New Delhi) <strong>Abstract :</strong> Why does the world's largest democracy turn a blind eye to systematic violations of human rights in its periphery? Drawing on the findings of a comparative research project, this volume tackles a set of intricate questions about the workings of impunity in India. How do victims of rights abuse and survivors of sexual violence end up being denied justice? What do those on the margins—those with the wrong sex, wrong identity markers, wrong political leanings— tell us about violence by state and non-state actors? Bringing together senior academics, civil society leaders and fresh voices from across India, the volume offers analysis—contextual, structural and gendered—and breaks new conceptual ground on the underbelly of India Shining. The volume contains testimonies that were collected during fieldwork in four states.

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Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.