Our Egalitarian Universe?

ABOUT THE BOOK:- Why is there so much ofinjustice in the society? Is equality possible? Why do we form groups? What is Power? Are we going to see more conflicts in the future or will the future herald a new era ofpeace? What does the past predict about the future? Does history repeat Itself? Will history repeat itself? Is there something we cando? Our Egalitarian Universe (OEU) is a series of reflections on these questions. It is an attempt to find solutions to social problems in a preemptive way by drawing on various disciplines ranging from macro history to economics to sociology, management studies and psychology. ABOUT THE AUTHOR:-Arpit Chaturvedi is an MBA from Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development and a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in History from Kirori Mal College (University of Delhi). As a management consultant, he has worked in the consulting arm (Right Management) of the Fortune 500 Manpower Group. His experience in dealing with social issues ranges from working for labour development in factories at various regions of the country in organizations like Philips and Powergrid Corporation of India Ltd. as well as from his experience ofworking with the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and the National Foundation for Communal Harmony. His flair for writing stems from his childhood days when he was part of the editorial team of the annual magazine of Mayo College, Ajmer. He continued editing and working on articles related to socio-economic issues in the capacity of the chief editor of the History Society Journal at Kirori Mal College and as editor of the HR Mesh - the monthly human resource management issue ofthe HR Forum at his MBA institute. Here Arpit took the initiative of founding a social science forum to debate on socio-political issues and for spreading community awareness in the youth by the name of Vichaar. This book is a further effort in the endeavor to continue spreading awareness of socio-economic as well as political issues to the young generation and the larger world. CONTENTS:-Foreword. 9 Preface. 11 A note on style. 15 Acknowledgements. 17 CHAPTER 1 Castseism: A Problem Bygone? Or a Way of Life?. 19 CHAPTER 2 Perspectives on Communalism. 37 CHAPTER 3 Separatism it is! (Nature and Solutions). 57 CHAPTER 4 In Search for Equality. 79 CHAPTER 5 The Changing Courses of History. 97 CHAPTER 6 The Role of Leadership—Cases, Stories and Theories.111 APPENDIX Perspective Taking—A take on the Formulation of International Laws. 135 Attachment to Chapter 1: A brief survey of Caste based violence over the decades. 159 Epilogue: Bringing it all together. 167 Bibliography. 175 Index. 193 The Title 'Our Egalitarian Universe? written/authored/edited by Arpit Chaturvedi', published in the year 2016. The ISBN 9789351281603 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 197 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Kalpaz Publications. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Sociology. Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-