S. P. Udayakumar
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S. P. Udayakumar is an Indian writer and social activist. He directs the South Asian Community Center for Education and Research (SACCER) at Nagercoil in Tamil Nadu to carry out community work, and educational and research ventures.
An active member of the World Futures Studies Federation and the International Peace Research Association, Udayakumar takes special interest in Futures Studies and Peace Studies. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Futures Studies and also the Director of TRANSCEND South Asia [1], described as "the world's first on-line peace university".
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[edit] Publications
- "Presenting" the Past: Anxious History and Ancient Future in Hindutva India, Praeger, 2005 ISBN 0-275-97209-7
- Handcuffed to History: Narratives, Pathologies and Violence in South Asia, Praeger, 2001 ISBN 0-275-96843-X
Other publications on various socioeconomic-political issues include: Disaster Education (TSA, 2005); The Koodankulam Handbook (TSA, 2004); Education for Development and Peace (with Johan Galtung, forthcoming); “India and Pakistan: A Twosome Trouble, or a Troublesome Two?” “Race, Poverty and Globalization,” “Futures Facilitators and Futures Studies,” “‘Om-made’ History: Preparing the Unlettered for the Future Hindu Rashtra,” “Nukes as a Way of Life?: Contextualizing the Nuclear Madness in South Asia, A Review Essay,” “The Deadly Slide: Understanding Regress,” “Historicizing Myth and Mythologizing History: The Ayodhya Case in India,” “Accursed Futures and Redemptive Fantasies: An Analysis of the Indo-Pakistan Predicament,” “Landing Peace Theory on Solid Ground,” “Mapping the ‘Hindu’ Remaking of India,” “South Asia: Before and After,” “Betraying a Futurist: The Misappropriation of Gandhi's Ramarajya," "The Free Trade Frenzy," "The Peacekeeping Triangle," "The Futures of the Poor," "Regional Cooperation in South Asia: The People Factor."
[edit] Governor's School
Udayakumar (affectionately known as "Kumar") teaches at the New Jersey Governor's School of Public Issues and the Future of New Jersey at Monmouth University. In 2007, he taught a course called "Race and Ethnicity and Globalization," which capitalized on many of his published works.
