Social Justice: Issues and Challenges (27-28 February, 2012)

Critique Ferozepur Chapter, Philosophical Society, Department of Philosophy, Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepur City in collaboration with the Department of Philosophy Panjab University, Chandigarh organized a National Seminar on the theme “Social Justice: Issues and Challenges’’ on 27 -28 February, 2012 at Department of Philosophy, Arts Block IV, Panjab University, Chandigarh. In the seminar issues associated with Social Justice and its practical realities in democratic India were discussed. The seminar reflected on how should we understand Social Justice? What are the areas, boundaries where we can locate the idea of social justice? Is social justice is seen as a mere utopia? Where can we locate the history of social justice? We live in a country where there is a Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. How do we understand the state, its role and responsibility in ensuring social justice? How do we see civil liberty movements in context to social justice? Dr. Manindra Nath Thakur, Associate Professor, Centre for Political Studies, Jawahar Lal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, Dr. Renu Addlakha, Centre for Women’s Development Studies (CWDS), New Delhi, Dr. Ajit Jha, Department of History, Satyawati College, University of Delhi, Dr. Harjinder Singh Laltu, Professor, Center for Computational Natural Sciences & Bio Informatics, International Institute of Information Technology, (IIIT), Hyderabad and Dr. Yogesh Snehi, Assistant Professor in History, School of Liberal/Undergraduate Studies, Ambedkar University, Delhi put together their heads and discussed themes like Gandhi, Ambedkar and Marx: In search of a dialogue, Social justice in the context of marginality with Particular reference to disability in India, Social Justice: Sectarian Identity Vs Emancipatory Politics and 'A few questions on the reinterpretation of events in India in the modern period’.