Resisting the Status Quo: Transforming Soceity

Author: Ambrose PintoEditor(s): Ambrose PintoPublisher: Indian Social InstituteYear: 2000Language: EnglishPages: 184ISBN/UPC (if available): 8187218290 DescriptionHow do we resist the status quo and work for the transformation of the social system? The country is faced with two major challenges-globalization of the economy and cultural fascism. Both are oppressive ideologies. The centralized, consumerist, market-oriented, capital driven model of development while has proved beneficial to a few transnationals and multinationals, has been catastrophic for the poor. The need is to replace it with a participative and community centered model that benefits all, specially the poor. At the cultural level, attempts are made to define the country’s unity in uniformity. Large number of different social groups and divergent communities have been told that they must take on to one culture, one people and one nationality. The attack is on India’s plural heritage and composite culture. The need toda