Telengana Movement

Demand for a separate state is not a new phenomenon in India particularly in some states like North East India, U.P., Bihar, etc. and of late Andhra Pradesh. The telengana movement is the theme of many research scholars, academicians, and also policy makers. The think tanks are nowadays busy in formulating a policy or plan for a separate state in response to the massive telengana movement. Telengana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS) with its leader Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) was formed in 2001 having the lone aim of creation of a separate state with Hyderabad as its capital. The creation of three separate states viz. Uttrakhand, Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh in 2000 had invoked fresh demands for a separate state in Andhra reiterating their demands which was started way back in 1969. The Srikrishna Committee of 2011 couldn't satisfy the Telengana leaders, instead there was Million March in February. For more details click the link below-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telengana_movement

Separatist Movement in India's NE

When anyone talks about separatist movement, a region has been the theme of bulk of the articles, research papers, and that is India's North East region. Starting from Nagas, Mizos, Manipuris, upto Bodos separatist tendencies have grown into the hearts of the people of this region. The reasons vary from one group to another. Some faught for identity, some for development, some for culture and some for language, and some for heritage. Some even go beyond the national sovereignty demanding sovereign lands comprising of their own people. It is such a fantastic and at times problematic for the think tanks and policy makers and administrators. A clear cut solution is still a far cry.

For more kindly click the link below where you can find a fine article by Subir Bhaumik-

http://www.apcss.org/Publications/Edited%20Volumes/ReligiousRadicalism/PagesfromReligiousRadicalismandSecurityinSouthAsiach10.pdf

Separatist Movement of India

The Indian state has been witnessing separatist tendencies in the last century and till now there are large number of groups within India who have agreed to support this tendency. Be it Bodos, Nagas, Kashmir, Telengana, etc. India has never been successful in keeping itself away from this movements since the reorganization of states on linguistic basis.

The link below will add more vigour and understanding to this unwanted phenomenon in India-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separatist_movements_of_India

Online books on social movements

The link below will help to find and read books on social movements-

http://www.questia.com/library/sociology-and-anthropology/social-organization-and-community/social-movements-and-collective-behavior/social-movements.jsp

Books on Social Movements

The following link will take you to a list of books and reviews on social movements-

http://sociologyindex.com/books_on_social_movements.htm

On New Social Movement(NSM)

NSM- The term used to describe a diverse set of popular movements characterized by a departure from conventional methods of political organization and expression, and experimentation with new forms of social relations and cultural meanings and identities.In advanced capitalist societies, the ‘movements’ have mobilized around feminist, ecological, peace, and anti-nuclear issues. In Africa, Asia, and Latin America their range has been wider, including Catholic base communities, neighbourhood and squatter associations, women's and human rights groups, peasant co-operatives, and environmental activists. New social movements aspire to a broadening of ‘the political’, popular empowerment, and the reappropriation of civil society, away from the control of the state.However, their diversity creates both methodological and political problems. It is unclear whether there can be a universal definition of a ‘new social movement’. Politically they encounter problems of sustainability and are vulnerable to co-optation by the state. Nevertheless their existence challenges the notion of the ‘end of politics’, representing as they do new types and levels of egalitarian struggle.
— Geraldine Lievesley Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/new-social-movements#ixzz1FQfDkLrx

For more on NSM click the link below-

http://theoryandscience.icaap.org/content/vol004.002/02_carty.html

New Social Movement

New Social Movements are quite different form the traditional social movements. The following link will help in understanding this new movement-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_social_movements