hb SOCIAL SCIENTIST these two concepts needs reformulation and further analysis. According-to Partha Chatterjee the reviewers had failed to comprehend the complexity of the concept of the 'modes of power'. It can however be stated that any problem in the reading of the concept of'modes of power" lies rather in its internal inconsistencies which have to be classified for the concept to become comprehensible. SANJAY PRASAD Department of Historv, Hindu College, 'Delhi University, Delhi