Publication Announcement: Anna Hazare Upsurge : A Critical Appraisal (edited by Asghar Ali Engineer and Ram Puniyani)

Anna Hazare Upsurge : A Critical Appraisal

Editors : Asghar Ali Engineer and Ram Puniyani

ISBN 978-81-8235-108-0

Price : Rs. 160.00 (Paper Back)
Rs. 320.00 (Hard Bound)

List of Contributors

Zoya Hasan * Neena Vyas & Vidya Subrahmaniam * Yoginder Sikand * A. Faizur Rahman * Uday Mehta * Rohini Hensman * Anand Teltumbde * Mukul Sharma * Shekhar Gupta * Asghar Ali Engineer * Praful Bidwai * J. Sri Raman * K. N. Panikkar * Sagarika Ghose * Akhtarul Wasey * Sadiq Naqvi * Prabhat Patnaik * Harsh Mander * Sukhadeo Thorat * Kanti Bajpai * Govind Talwalkar * Soumitro Das * Ram Puniyani * Amita Baviskar * Kancha Ilaiah * John Dayal * Happymon Jacob * Nilottpal Basu * Arvind Rajagopal * Sashi Kumar * Jyotirmaya Sharma * Bhanwar Megwanshi * Akash Bisht * Hartosh Singh Bal * Arvind Kejriwal * Medha Patkar * Prashant Bhushan * Anna Hazare * Aruna Roy

Contents

Part – I : The Janlokpal Bill

1. Parliament is for People— Zoya Hasan
2. Anna Hazare Stir: What It Has Achieved and What it Has Not—Neena Vyas & Vidya Subrahmaniam
3. ‘Bahujan’ Lokpal Bill Makes New Demands — Yoginder Sikand
4. Jan Lokpal Bill: A Critique — A. Faizur Rahman

Part – II : Anna: Theme Essays

5. Anna Phenomenon: Paradox of Indian Reality — Uday Mehta
6. What is the Real Goal of the Anna Movement — Rohini Hensman
7. The Neoliberal Revolution — Anand Teltumbde

Part – III : Anna and the Team: Background

8. The Making of an Authority: Anna Hazare in Ralegan Siddhi — Mukul Sharma
9. The Unholy Cow — Shekhar Gupta

Part – IV : Second Gandhi: Second Freedom Movement?

10. Is Anna Hazare the New Gandhi? — Asghar Ali Engineer
11. Gandhian Façade — Praful Bidwai
12. Anna Hazare: Tragedy to Farce — J. Sri Raman

Part – V : Interviews

13. Jan Lokpal: An Alternative View — K. N. Panikkar
14. Jan Lokpal Bill is Very Regressive: Arundhati Roy — Sagarika Ghose
15. Communalism is Bigger Issue for Muslims: Akhtarul Wasey — Sadiq Naqvi

Part – VI : Nature of Movement

16. Fuzzy Movement — Prabhat Patnaik
17. Why I didn’t Go to Jantar Mantar — Harsh Mander
18. Ambedkar’s Way & Anna Hazare’s Methods — Sukhadeo Thorat
19. Born Again Patriot — An Anti-Corruption Movement and The Rise of Illiberalism — Kanti Bajpai
20. The Ayatollah in Waiting — Govind Talwalkar
21. Hardly a Revolution — Soumitro Das
22. Anna Upsurge and The Social Movements — Ram Puniyani
23. A Tale of Two Movements — Amita Baviskar
24. Anna’s Social Fascism — Kancha Ilaiah
25. Enough! Mr. Hazare — John Dayal
26. Please Don’t Call It A Revolution — Happymon Jacob

Part – VII : Role of Media

27. Media’s Misplaced Triumphalism — Nilottpal Basu
28. Visibility as a Trap in the Anna Hazare Campaign — Arvind Rajagopal
29. A Feral Media Orchestrates Anti-Corruption Campaign — Sashi Kumar

Part – IX : Communal Undertones

30. India: Anna is the Icon of Banal Hindutva — Jyotirmaya Sharma
31. The Communal Character of Anna Hazare’s Movement — Bhanwar Megwanshi
32. Anna Hazare’s RSS — Akash Bisht
33. Why the Sangh Loves Anna — Hartosh Singh Bal

Annexures : Team Anna’s Version

‘We stand where we had Started on the Lokpal Bill’: Interview — Arvind Kejriwal

What Matters is the Cause: Interview — Medha Patkar

Anna Personality Cult should be Avoided — Prashant Bhushan

Appendices : Summary of Draft Bills

Government Draft Bill

Jan LokPal Bill – Summary and Guide to India’s Civil Society Anti-Corruption Bill
Deserves Our Support — Anna Hazare

Lokpal Bill: Aruna Roy and NCPRI’s Suggestions — Aruna Roy


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