RURAL SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES

SPECIAL ISSUE: Rural Society and Law in South Asia,
Volume-2 Number-2, 2016
www.ruralsouthasia.org

Rural South Asian Studies Journal is an exclusive venture where we have attempted to explore linkages and political-cultural connections in South Asian Societies. The journal aims to develop critical ideas on less explored and innovative themes in rural South Asian social, cultural, art, architectural, political, and economic histories, sociological, economic, environmental and developmental issues. Scholars engaged with debates in literature, social sciences and environmental and physical sciences about the regions in South Asia can submit articles on a particular theme thus initiating a dialogue on theoretical and methodological issues pertaining to the objectives of the journal. RSAS also publishes reviews on significant new publications and medial initiatives on the theme. Each issue aims to promote rigorous scholarship helpful in understanding our past and present discourses and its contradictions.

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1. Nandita S. Patil
Farmers’ Rights and Intellectual Property Rights Protection of Plant Varieties in India 

2. Ravindra Goswami,
Rural Archives: Neglected part of our Cultural Heritage

3. Levin N.R.,
The Truth about Fishing: Il (legality) of work in Princely Travancore

4. Kristina Hodelin-ter Wal
The Tamil Experience in British Malaya: Plantation verses Missionary Schools, 1951-1957

5. Rupa Hazarika,
Subansiri Lower Hydro Electric Project: Hopes and Despair

Book Review

1. Richard P. Tucker, A Forest History of India, Delhi, India, Sage, 2012, ISBN: 978-81-321-0693-7(HB), By Madhuri Sharma, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Bharati College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

2. Vasudha Dhagamwar, Role and Image of Law in India: The Tribal Experience, Delhi, India Sage, Second Print 2017, pp. 414, ISBN 978-07-619-3394-6, By Bina Sengar, Assistant Professor (History), Department of History and Ancient Indian Culture, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, India