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Shikshak magazine supplements
Post on01 Aug 2013
Shikshak magazine supplements
As of 31 July, 2013, the summaries of 21 papers (out of the total 25) presented at the conference ‘Inequality and Affirmative Action: Situation Nepal in Global Debates’ held on 18 to 21 July, 2012, have been translated in Nepali. These summaries have already gone through one round of editing, and 16 of these have been published in the magazine Shikshak as a supplement.
The Asar supplement of Shikshak consisted of the following eight papers:
| SN | Author | Paper Title |
| 1. | Neera Chandhoke | Locating Affirmative Action in the Concept of Equality |
| 2. | Hilary Silver | Social Inclusion and Affirmative Action: Conceptual and Policy Distinctions |
| 3. | Ashwini Deshpande | Caste Discrimination and Exclusion: Assessment of Affirmative Action as a Remedy |
| 4. | Glenn C. Loury | The Simple Economics of Affirmative Action Policies |
| 5. | Debipriya Chatterjee | Can Affirmative Action Policies Succeed in the Presence of Social Marginalization? |
| 6. | NR Madhava Menon | The Case for an Independent Equal Opportunity Commission to Address Inequalities in Multi-Cultural Societies |
| 7. | Dilli Ram Dahal & Krishna Bhattachan | Inequality and Affirmative Action in Nepal: Issues and Challenges |
| 8. | Ajay Gudavarthy | Can We De-Stigmatise Reservations in India? |
The following eight papers were published for the Shrawan supplement of Shikshak:
| SN | Author | Paper Title |
| 1. | Meena Acharya | Design and Delivery of Affirmative Action for Gender and Inter-caste Equality in Nepal |
| 2. | Ram Bahadur Chhetri | ‘Women and Men Are the Two Wheels of the Chariot’: Rhetoric and Realities of Quotas for Women in Politics and Governance in Nepal |
| 3. | Anjoo Sharan Upadhyaya | Affirmative Action and Women in India |
| 4. | Uddhab Pyakurel | Caste-based Discrimination and Discourse of Affirmative Action: Perspectives of Successful Dalits in Surkhet |
| 5. | Khyam Bishwakarma | Affirmative Action in Nepal: What does it mean for Dalits at the Grassroots Level? |
| 6. | Sara Shneiderman | Disentangling ‘Ethnic Federalism’ and Affirmative Action |
| 7. | Om Gurung | Implication of Rescheduling Indigenous Peoples for Affirmative Policy in Nepal |
| 8. | Alpa Shah | A Step Back from Ethnic and Indigenous Rights |
The six papers planned for inclusion in the Bhadra issue of the magazine are as follows:
| SN | Author | Paper Title |
| 1. | Mahendra Lawoti | Affirmative Action and Political Representation across Time, Groups and States: Testing Claims for and against with Cases of India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka |
| 2. | Kåre Vollan | Affirmative Action and Power Sharing Instruments: Possible Electoral Arrangements for Nepal |
| 3. | Mukta Singh Tamang | Breaking Hierarchy, Making Identity: Social Classification and Challenges for Affirmative Action in Nepal |
| 4. | Mara Malagodi | Legal Equality between Recognition and Redistribution: Constitutional Drafting and Adjudication in India and Nepal |
| 5. | Anand Teltumbde | Pursuing Equality in the Land of Hierarchy: Positive Discrimination Policies in India |
| 6. | Susan Hangen | Diversifying and Decentralising the State: Affirmative Action in Education |
Preparations are ongoing to publish these summaries in book form following a final round of editing, which will take into account the feedback from experts on the translations at hand.