OUR CONTRIBUTORS ARVIND N DAS is a research assistant at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Poona. DT HIREN GOHAIN is Reader in English, Gauhati University, Assam. > Dr AMALENDU GUHA is Professor of Economic History, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta. Dr V KUMAR1 JAYAWARDENA is a lecturer in the Department of Economics, University of Sri Lanka, Colombo campus. E M S NAMBOODIRIPAD is member of the Politbureau, Communist Party of India (Marxist). M D RAJUKUMAR is a Ph D research student in the Department of Tamil, P S G Arts College, Coimbatore, University of Madras. V K RAMACHANDRAN does post-graduate studies in economics at Madras Christian College where he is chairman of the Students3 Union. Dr M J K THAVARAJ is Senior Professor of Financial Administration, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi.