Journal of Indian School of Political Economy

S. H. Deshpande ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Economics, University of Bombay, Mumbai, IN

Abstract

As the title of the book shows, the editors are looking for 'social change' rather than economic development narrowly conceived. Economic change is not ruled out but that change, they feel, must come about through self-reliance, community decision-making, community participation, etc. In addition, stress is also laid on a moral dimension expressed in 'sharing' and selfless service. They are (like everyone else with a sensitive mind) pained at the pervasive rot that has set in our social life and hope that voluntary action may perhaps dispel the gloom around us.

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S. H. Deshpande ¹

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1 Ekatma Samaj Kendra (ESK), Miraj, District Sangli, IN

Abstract

This work is a study of a voluntary agency working in rural areas of south Maharashtra.

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S. H. Deshpande ¹

Affiliations
1 University of Mumbai, Mumbai, IN

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This Paper purports to familiarise the interested reader with the contents of an important and neglected Marathi book 'Gavgada' written by T.N. Atre and published in 1915. The book primarily discusses the functioning of the balute system-the Maharashtrian variant of the Jajmani system-and delineates its economic, social and moral consequences. The woeful conditions of the farmers resulting from the depradations of various kinds of parasitic groups is the chief concern of Atre. Here his observations are summarised and comments on them offered. Atre 's insights can serve as a basis for constructing a full fledged critique of the economics of caste.

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S. H. Deshpande ¹

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1 Department of Economics, University of Bombay, Bombay, IN

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For a few years before his demise on July 30, 1995, Prof. Dandekar had been working on a three-volume study of the Indian economy based on his own writings. That the whole gamut of the economic problems of India over the entire post-Independence period could be encompassed mainly through one's own writings is a tribute to Dandekar's comprehensive intellect which left almost no area untouched. The volume under review is the first in the series and deals with developments in agriculture. The second on Population, poverty and Employment, has just been broughtout [1996]. The third, unfortunately, may not see the light of the day since Dandekar could not complete giving final touches to the material before he passed away. One hopes that the Indian School of Political Economy puts together a selection of his articles on Production, Trade and Finance (as Dandekar himself had named it).

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S. H. Deshpande ¹

Affiliations
1 University of Bombay, Bombay, IN

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the author of these two books is something of a sensation. His earlier book Ram Janmabhoomi vs. Babri Masjid, A Case Study in Hindu Muslim Conflict [Voice of India, 1990] argued the Hindutvavadi case forcefully and in a scholarly fashion and he was hailed among those circles as a Daniel come to judgement.

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