Contents:
Acknowledgement I Authors II Preface
III-IV Introduction – Iqbal A. Ansari V-XXVI
Part-I Perspectives:
International
1.Human Rights, Group Conflicts and World
Order AsbjØrn Edie (1-14) 2.The Social Psychology of
Minorities Henri Tajfel (15-38) 3.Language, Literacy and Minorities Tove Skutnabb -Kangas
(39-64) 4.Education and Minority Rights: International Standards Patrick Thornberry
(65-78) 5.The Role of the Curriculum in Minority Education Sarah Graham-Brown (79-87)
6.Aspects of Religion in Secular Education Jagdish Gundara( 89-98)
Part-II
Perspectives: National
.7.Educational
and Cultural Rights of Minorities Under the Indian Constitution: Drafting History of
Articles 29 & 30Anwarul Yaqin (101-116) 8.Minority Educational Institutions under
Articles 29 & 30 of the Constitution Iqbal A. Ansari (117-155) 9.Inadequate
Constitutional Protection of Minority Languages in India Iqbal A. Ansari (157-168)
Part-III
.Urdu
As a Minority Language In India
1 The Future of Urdu In India
Donald E. Smith (171-177) 2.Urdu A.G. Noorani (179-186) 3.Evaluation of Implementation of
Development Programme Regarding UrduAtique Ahmad Siddiqui (187-199) 4.Non-Implementation
of Gujral Committee Reprot on Urdu: Findings of Sardar Jafri Committee(201-211)
Part-IV
Documents:
International & Regional
1.International And Regional Standards In the
Field of Minority Education (215-219) 1.1 Excerpts from the Convention on the Rights of
the Child, UN 1989 (221-222) 1.2 Excerpts from the recommendations made in the report on
constructive national arrangements for minorities by Special Rapporteur Asbjorn Eide of
the Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, in UN
document E/CN.4/Sub.2/1993/34/Add.4 (223-232 ) 1.3 General Comment by the Human Rights
Committee on Article 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, UN
1994 (233-238) 1.4 Education and Minorities: Directions for the Future-Minority Rights
Group, 1994 (239-241) 2. Multi cultural & Intercultural Education: Report
of the Seminar organised by the U.N. Working Group on Minorities, 1997 (243-250) 3.
Commentary to the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic,
Religious and Linguistic Minorities, 2001 by Asbjrn Eide (251-281) 4.Excerpts From the
Document of the Copenhagen Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension, CSCE, 1990
(283-288) 4.1The Hague Recommendations Regarding the Education Rights of National
Minorities, 1996( 289-293 ) 4.2 Explanatory Note to the Hague Recommendations Regarding
the Educational Rights of National Minorities, 1996 (295-304) 5.Liberal Declaration on the
Rights of Minorities, Friedrich Naumann Stiftung, Germany, 2000 (305-325) 6.1 Study on the
Rights of Persons Belonging to Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities –
Francesco Capotorti (327-342) 6.2The Position of Persons Belonging to Ethnic, Religious
and Linguistic Minorities in the Society in which they live(343-382) 6.3 Application of
the Principles set forth in article 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and
Political rights (383-441)
Part-V
Documents: National
Cultural and
Educational Rights of Minorities In the Constituent Assembly of India, 1947-1949
1.
(i) Letter from K.G. Munshi circulated to the
members of the Sub-Committee on Minorities 445-446 (ii)Interim Report of the Sub-Committee
on Minorities 447-449 (iii)Proceedings of the Advisory Committee Meeting 450-457 (iv)
Interim Report of the Advisory Committee on the subject of Fundamental Rights 458-458
2.Constituent Assembly – 1st May
1947(459-472 ) 3.Constituent Assembly – 30th August 1947(473-482) 4.
Constituent Assembly – 7-8 December 1948(483-541) 5. The Constitution of India:
Provisions Regarding Language, Education and Culture 543-549 Select Bibliography (551-584) |