OUR CONTRIBUTORS ARUN PROKAS CHATTERJEE, formerly Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), is a senior advocate of the West Bengal High Court and the Supreme Court of India. SUHAS CHATTOPADHYAT is with the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, V Y KOLHA TKAR, professor of economics for 27 years, has been with the United Nations as Planning Adviser to the governments of Iraq and Northern Nigeria. SHARAD PA TIL is secretary, Dhulia District Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Sakri, Maharashtra, N VANAMAMALAI is editor, AARAAICHI (Research), Tamil quarterly journal, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. P N VARUGHESE is on the editorial staff of SOCIAL SCIENTIST.