NEWS FROM CED February 2006

NEWS FROM CED: FEBRUARY 2006

SCHOLARSHIPS

CED is seeking applications for its Fifth Batch of Outreach Scholarships. It is a three to six month, part-time or full time scholarship. This time we are looking for activists who would like to work in the following areas: 1. New Economics, Fair Trade, developing local economies and markets 2. Habitat approach to disasters and reconstruction 3. Long term perspectives among NGOs and Civil Society organisations. Research would be based mainly at CED. If you would like more information or would like to send in your application please write to mandi@doccentre.net

Last date for application is March 18, 2006.

DEVELOPMENT DIGEST

DD 13 is on its way and for those of you whose subscription ends with DD12, are requested to renew their subscriptions. You will soon receive the subscription form for renewals and the incentives we have got to offer !

By the way, these are the articles covered in DD 13.

The Idea of Work by Ela Bhatt, Renana Jhabvala, Economic and Political Weekly Special Articles, November 27, 2004.
Building a Creative Freedom J C Kumarappa and His Economic Philosophy, Venu Madhav Govindu, Deepak Malghan, Economic and Political Weekly, Special Articles, December 24, 2005
Feminist Perspectives on Class and Work, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, October 01, 2004
The Scandinavian model by Jonathan Power, International Herald Tribune , July13, 2005

The End of the End of History, John Gray, IWM Newsletter 77, Summer 2002, No.3.
The Non-Profit & The Autonomous Grassroots, Eric Tang, Left Turn Magazine

The new economics of ecological capital, John Vidal, The Hindu, Thursday, Oct 13, 2005

Paradigm Shift, Ranjit Hoskote, The Hindu, Tuesday, May 03, 2005 Review of PROPHETS FACING BACKWARD — Postmodernism, Science and Hindu Nationalism: Meera Nanda; Permanent Black

VACANCIES @ CED

CED is on the look out for people for our Bangalore Centre

a. Graphics/Page Designer/Producer to produce educational and training materials on habitat issues and Tsunami Rehabilitation in Tamil. Person should have knowledge of Habitat and Architecture/Planning Design, and have skills in computerized Page Layout, Working knowledge of colloquial Tamil.

b. Translators to translate English to Tamil and Tamil to English with experience in the development sector specially in Reconstruction and rehabilitation work.

The people we are looking for have an interest and experience of involvement in issues relating to sustainable development.

ANOTHER NEW BACKGROUNDER

This month we are bringing out a new backgrounder on the new Employment Guarantee Scheme & Tsunami. It looks at how the new scheme works and what the consequences may be. It will be available in Tamil and English.

And don't forget the backgrounder on CRZ which is also available.

To order your copies please contact jacintha@doccentre.net

CALLING ALL LECTURERS

Every year we select a few topics in which we offer students free access to the library in order to do research and to write an assignment. Last year we awarded certificates to four students at SIES College who had written very good assignments on 'Communalism in Everyday Life'. We choose topics, after consulting with lecturers, on areas that are meaningful and relevant. Again this year we are starting to look for new ideas and so we are calling all lecturers to give their ideas. Please contact mandi@doccentre.net for more information.

LOOKING FOR WORK

We are looking for students to work on short assignments at CED over their summer break. Topics would be to suit you and us and of course there would be the opportunity to see how much more CED has to offer. For more information please contact jacintha@doccentre.net

BOOKS FOR MEMBERS

Two books special this month are:
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN INDIA: Poverty, Power and Politics, ed. by Raka Ray and Mary Fainsod Katzenstein, 2005, OUP. Rs. 650/-
SCARRED: Experiments with Violence in Gujarat by Dionne Bunsha, Penguin. Rs. 295/-

We are passing on our full discount of 25% to our members.

If you would like to get this book at this discount please write to jacintha@doccentre.net

BOOKS

CED Bombay is now packed with the best books from CED Bangalore.

We are pleased to announce that some books from the Bangalore library have been selected and are now in Bombay; so come and get re-acquainted with old friends and meet some new ones!!!!