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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
This books contains stories of marginalisation and poverty, retold by the author (who claims no authorship our these stories, so why the word 'retold'), over a period of 17 years. Drawing upon his experience, as a development sector researcher, these stories centre around development issues such as poverty, disability, community care, and caste-based discrimination. Aimed at both the development professionals and academics, this books aspires to offer humane perspectives to the issues as it is experienced, lived and felt by the very people who have chosen to share their stories in good faith to the narrator.
Kumaran R
R. Kumaran has a combined 20 years of teaching and research experience, having taught at Post-Graduate level during most of his career. He has acquired his PG degree is in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, while his M.Phil. in Sociology is from Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University. His Ph.D was on Gandhian Approach to Development and Poverty, obtained from Gandhigram Rural University. He is currently a faculty member in the Centre for Studies in Sociology, at the Department of Gandhian Thought and Peace Science, Gandhigram Rural Institute - Deemed to be University. His research interests are centred around 1. formulating Gandhian Research Methodology for Social Sciences, 2. Positing native sociology tempered with indigenous social philosopher and thinkers such as M.K Gandhi and Ambedkar, and 3. Popularizing Public Sociology that bring the last human to the front stage, in true Gandhian Spirt. His publications too reflect his thrust areas of research with three of his five books are on bringing marginalized people’s experiences to the Centre stage of social science epistemology. His 30 plus research articles and project focus have been largely around these themes.
