Gfw*ig| Scientist Monthly Journal of the Indian School of Social Sciences VOLUME 9 DECEMBER 1980/ NUMBER 5/6 JANUARY 1981 — CONTENTS Amiya Kumar Bagchi 3 Inventiveness in Society Georges Kristoffel Lieten 14 Janata as a Continuity of the System Zafar Imam 36 The Indian Ocean and De- colonization NOTES R K Samanta 44 The Reangs ofTripura: Socio- Cultural and Agro-Econo- mic Changes Ignatius Chithelen 55 Sugar Cooperatives in Maha- rashtra Vimal Ranadive 62 Multinational Corporations .^ and Their Impact on Work- ing Women COMMUNICATION Debesh Chakraborty 71 Panchayati Raj and Decentra- lization of Political Power: A Comment BOOK REVIEW V Ramchandran 76 People's Struggles in Southern Africa Articles, notes, communication and review express the views of the authors and not necessarily of the editors or of the Indian School of Social Sciences.