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which accompanied the changing relationship with imperialist countries and agencies like the Bank and the Fund through the tenures of the successive governments in the island, Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad brings out vividly the abject dependence of the Bangladesh economy on foreign *aid' and the social underpinnings bf this dependence. The social support which imperialism can garner inside India for its intensified efforts at penetrating! the economy is the object of investigation in C P Bhambhri's paper; his distinction between established big business houses which have an ambiguous relationship with imperialism and second-layer capitalists, who are much less averse to teaming up as junior partners with metropolitan capital is noteworthy and should provoke discussion.
Partha Chatterjee's communication in response to the review article on Subattem Studies II by a group of young Delhi University scholars, which we had published in Social Spientist No. 137, carries forward an important theoretical discussion which was initiated in the pages of this journal some time ago. And in keeping with our tradition of chronicling actual struggles of "subattem groups', we publish a note on the Jaintia rebellion against colonial administration.
Finally, this number contains an obituary note on Sharacchandra Muk-dbodh, an important Marathi writer though less well-known than his brother, Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh, the noted Hindi litterateur Sharacchandra Muktibodh, though perhaps not a Marxist, was considerably influenced by Marxist ideas and wielded his pen not only as a creative writer, but also as a critic at a crucial juncture in Marathi literature. It is onl^approp-riate that Social Scientist should recall the contribution of a man who stood aloof and alone in struggling according to his own light against certain bourgeois literary trends.