SOCIAL SCIENTIST VOLUME 17 NUMBERS 11-12 NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1989 ADVISORY EDITORS EDITORIAL BOARD Ashok Mitra Madhu Prasad Amalendu Guha Utsa Patnaik Irfan Habib R.R.Krishnan Amiya Bagchi D.Raghunandan Kishore Theckedath C.Rajamohan Jacob Eapen C.P.Chandrasekhar CONTRIBUTING EDITORS MANAGING EDITOR Thomas Isaac Rajendra Prasad Sanjaya Baru Ads Dasgupta EDITOR Javeed Alam Prabhat Patnaik V.K. Ramachandran Venkatesh Athreya CIRCULATION & ADVERTISEMENT EDITORIAL OFFICE 15/15 Sarvapriya Vihar 424, V.P.House New Delhi 110 016. Phone: 6862924 New Delhi 110 001 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Inland Foreign (In US Dollars) Single issue Rs. 10 Annual: Double issue Rs. 15 Airmail 50 Annual (individuals) Rs. 100 Sea mail 40 Annual (institutions & libraries) Rs. 150 Annual (students) Rs. 75 2 years (individuals) Rs. 175 3 years (individuals) Rs. 250 (Rs. 5 extra if by cheque) ISSN 0970 - 0293 NOTE TO SUBSCRIBERS Due to escalating costs we are constrained to revise the subscription rates for Social Scientist from issue nos. 190-191. The revised rates are as follows: Single Issue Rs 10 Double issue Rs. 15 Annual subscription (individuals) Rs. 100 Annual subscription (institutions & libraries) Rs. 150 Annual subscription (students) Rs. 75 Subscription for 2 years (individuals) Rs. 175 Subscrition for 3 years (individuals) Rs. 250 While these rates will come into effect with issue nos. 190-191, those who have already subscribed would continue to get the journal at the old rates till their subscription expires. Please also note the change in address. The new address is 15/15 Sarvapriya Vihar, New Delhi 110 016. Printed and distributed by Tulika Print Communication Services Pvt. Ltd. 15/15, Sarvapriya Vihar, New Delhi 110 016.