Human Development in South Asia in Twenty First Century

Contents Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. SAARC A profile/Sanjeev Kumar Sharma. 2. Conflict or Co operation in South Asia problems and prospects/Sujit Lahiry. 3. South Asian Co Operation a victim of prejudices/Jitendra Narain. 4. South Asian Co operation From historical to 21 century/Anupam Sharma. 5. Reflection on the new development in South Asian region/N.S. Gehlot. 6. Dynamics of regional co operation in South Asia role and strategies of SAARC/Tanuja Singh. 7. Reconstruction of regional co operation in South Asia in the post 9/11 era/Sonu Trivedi. 8. The effectiveness of SAARC in resolving problems/B.M. Baeen. 9. South Asian Co operation on poverty alleviation SAARC strategies for human welfare in 21 century/Prashant Amrutkar. 10. Effectiveness of SAARC in resolving the problems for human welfare/Yogendra Singh and Babit K. Bihan. 11. Participatory strategies for human welfare in South Asia/Aureliano Fernandes. 12. Economic integration a theoretical outlook and deeper integration under SAFTA/Nisar ul Haq. 13. Problems of good governance and prosperity in South Asia a strategical solution/Marghoob Alam. 14. Women empowerment Self Help Groups/P. Hussain Khan and V. Kavitha. 15. Strategies for women empowerment in India/G. Sreeramalu. 16. Future strategies of welfare and development in South Asia Co operation and trade though North East India/Manmohan Singh Negi. 17. Human security and violence against Women in South Asia/Dinesh Kumar Singh. 18. Economic growth and political reforms as the key to human security/Manmeet Kaur. 19. Bureaucracy and Civil society in the reform process of Bangladesh/Mohd. Aminul Karim. 20. Trafficking the vices and the victims of North Bengal as a synecdoche of SAARC problem/Ranjita Chakroborty. 21. A paradigmatic study of India's National Security in the South Asian context/U.P. Thakur and C. Narsimha Rao. 22. Nuclear weapons and security of the states a study of South Asian dilemma/R.S. Yadav and Suresh Dhanda. 23. A study of the prospects to control nuclear proliferation in South Asia/Sanjay Srivastava. 24. Changing role of military in providing human security contribution of education/Asha Gupta. 25. Role of military in politics a comparative study of General Zia ul Haque and General Pervez Musharraf Regimes in Pakistan/Madhurendra Kumar. 26. Missile race and security concerns in South Asia/Savita Gupta. 27. Chinese strategic limitations in South Asia/Sukhwant S. Bindra. 28. Terrorism in South Asia/Niraj Kumar Jha. 29. Terrorism in South Asia perspective and prospect/Sohan Lal Meena. 30. Role of media in promoting regional co operation among SAARC Countries/U.K. Jha. 31. Kashmir after Kargil hopes re ignited/Sanjay Kumar. 32. Indo Bangladesh relations insights into co operation and conflicts/Supriya Singh. 33. Role of third parties in the ethnic conflicts of South Asia an assessment/Shivali Agarwal. 34. Home spun terrorism in South Asia/A.P.S. Chouhan and Bibhuti Singh. 35. Jammu and Kashmir issues and challenges/Pradeep Narayan Maske. 36. Decline of monarchy in Nepal/S.K. Chaturvedi. Bibliography. The South Asian region is confronted with enormous challenges ranging from regime instability low level of economic development human security mutual conflicts of nations growing tentacles of terrorism militarisation of political systems to arms race and nuclearisation. It is amidst these constraints the regional grouping i.e. South Asian Association of Regional Co Operation not only addresses the different dimensions of human development strategies in South Asia in the 21 century it also provides a forum to deliberate over the challenges it faces and seeks viable remedies of these problems. Although its viability as a strong regional forum like ASEAN and GCC is often questioned nevertheless SAARC has successfully established its credentials in the comity of nations. This book probes all these issues that impinge upon the political and strategic dynamics of South Asia with remarkable subtl.…