Reflections from Shillong: Speeches of M M Jacob Vol 3

by David R Syiemlieh

ISBN: 9789354617614
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Imprint : Regency Publications
Year : 2024
Price : Rs. 9095.00
Biblio : xxx+228p

Author Profile

David R. Sylemlieh holds a doctorate in History from the North Eastern Hill Univer- sity, where he is presently Professor and Head of the Department of History. Author of British Administration in Meghalaya: Policy and Pattern (1989); A Brief History of the Catholic Church in Nagaland (1990); They Dared to Hope: The Congregation of Holy Cross in India (1998) and Survey of History on North East India 1970-1990 (2000), he has edited several volumes of the North East India History Association Proceedings of which Association he was General Secretary for many years. Prof. Syiemlich has contrib- uted articles in numerous journals and edited volumes. These relate largely to the history of the North East. He has been the recipient of several grants and fellowships-Charles Wallace Grant (1993); British Council Grant (1996); India-France Cultural Exchange Programme (1997); and more recently a Fulbright Fellowship at Notre Dame University USA, 1999-2000. M.M. Jacob has been the Governor of Meghalaya for two terms from 19 June 1995. He started his career as a lawyer. Gradually he was drawn into the social and cultural movements of the country. He was actively associated with the Bhoodan Movement under Acharya Vinobha Bhave. He also worked for the Bharat Sevak Samaj under its founder Jawaharlal Nehru. For some years M.M. Jacob was Managing Director of the Malayalam daily Veekshanam and later the Chief Editor of the Congress Review published from Trivandrum. M.M. Jacob took an active role in the political movement under the Indian National Congress and was entrusted with various responsible positions. He was member of Parliament-Rajya Sabha from 1982 to 1994. During this tenure he was elected its Deputy Chairman in 1986. Subsequently he became Union Minister holding various portfolios such as Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources and Home Affairs. A widely travelled person M.M. Jacob has represented the country at a number of international meetings including the UN in 1985 and 1993, Human Rights Conference at the European Parliament, Strasbourg, 1993 and the UN World Human Rights Conference, Vienna, 1994. He represented the Commonwealth as an observer in South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994.

About The Book

This book is the third volume of selection of speeches delivered by Shri M.M. Jacob, Governor of Meghalaya between 2001 and 2005. In his Introduction the Governor gives his views of North East India and some candid opinion on Meghalaya. The thirty-four. speeches have been divided into four broad themes relating to education; national inte- gration and communal harmony; economy of North East India and governance. The speeches show the familiarity of Shri M.M. Jacob with Meghalaya State, where he has been Governor for ten years, and the North East region. Not many Governors have had their speeches published. This volume and the two volumes published earlier, with their focus on Meghalaya will add to the literature on the state, its people, its educational insti- tutions, the condition of its economy and governance.