Oct 3, 2026 | Ramanadham Memorial Meeting: Position Papers, Ramanatham Memorial Meeting: Position Papers
The late 1960s marked the first major crisis of Independent India at all levels of its economy and polity. This crisis gave birth to radical movements. Among these were the tribal and peasant struggles led by Marxist Leninist parties. Brutal state repression was...
Oct 3, 2026 | Ramanatham Memorial Meeting: Position Papers
The 41st Ramanadham Memorial lecture was delivered by Professor (Emeritus) Utsa Patnaik, formerly with Centre for Economic Studies and Planning at Jawahar Lal Nehru University on October 3rd, 2026. Title of her lecture “Work, Income, Rights in the Dying Age of...
Feb 22, 2023 | Ramanadham Memorial Meeting: Position Papers, Ramanatham Memorial Meeting: Position Papers, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Every year PUDR organizes a Dr Ramanadham memorial lecture on a topic of contemporary interest. Last year it was Urban Planning and Democratic Rights. The year before that it was on Judiciary and Democratic Rights. In 2008 the topic of the 22nd Ramanadham memorial...
Sep 10, 2018 | Ramanatham Memorial Meeting: Position Papers, Working Class
This is PUDR’s position paper presented during the 33rd Ramandham Memorial meeting on 8th Sep 2018. The paper is based on some of the investigations carried by PUDR over the years related to globally intergrated industries in the region – such as...
Jul 18, 2014 | Death Penalty, Ramanatham Memorial Meeting: Position Papers, Undemocratic Laws
PUDR’s opposition to the penalty of death is three decades old. Like everything else our opposition to capital punishment is evolving and is a ‘work in progress’. Starting with serious objections to the arbitrariness inbuilt in awarding the Death Penalty, the fact...
Sep 3, 2009 | Encounters, Ramanadham Memorial Meeting: Position Papers, Ramanatham Memorial Meeting: Position Papers
From Kashmir to Andhra Pradesh through Delhi & Punjab and most recently Manipur, the encounter has become an administrative practice of the Indian state, particularly its police, para-military, military and other security forces. The civil liberties and democratic...
