Understanding South Asia and Southeast Asia Today – Radical Ethical Individualism and Grassroots Movement

Understanding South Asia and Southeast Asia Today
– Radical Ethical Individualism and Grassroots Movement
Date: Nov 6, 1999
Place: ICU

Greetings from the Director ……….M.W.Steele
Introduction to the Symposium ……….Kasai, Minoru
Keynote Address: Beyond the Weary World ……….B.N.SaraswatiIndia I: Humanity as a Family– Mahatma Gandhi and Abdul Ghaffar Khan (the Frontier Gandhi)
Uno Tokuda, AyakoIndia II: Sarvodaya Movement after the Death of Gandhi-
the Historical Meaning of the “Total Revolution” Movement led by J.P.Narayan-
Hayashi, AkiraIndia III: From No-people to People: Glimpses of the Dalit Movement in India
B. Suneel Bhanu
Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi’s Discourse and Behaviour: The Right Ends and the Right Means
Nemoto, KeiSri Lanka: Buddhist Beliefs, Government Schemes and Grassroot Collaboration in a

Sri Lankan Village
Omori, Motoyoshi

Viet Nam: Immoral Present, Moral Future: Morality and Motivation in 20th Century Vietnamese Political Movements S.K.Malarney

Thailand: The Activation of Grassroots Movements in Thailand: The Case of Assembly of the Poor
Suthy Prasartset

— Speakers —
B.N.Saraswati, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi, India, Anthropology
M.W.Steele, ICU, History of Japan
Kasai, Minoru, ICU, Intellectual History of India
Hayashi, Akira, Hirosaki Univ, History of South Asia
B.Suneel Bhanu, ICU GSCC, History
Uno Tokuda, Ayako, ICU IACS, Intellectual History of India
Nemoto, Kei, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, History of Burma
Omori, Motoyoshi, ICU, Anthropology
S.K.Malarney, ICU, Anthropology
Suthy Prasartset, ICU, International Political Economy