Introduction Neera Chandoke 1 Exploring the Historical Conjuncture Ravinder Kumar 5 Complicity and Struggle: Theory and Society Upendra Baxi 19 Swaraj and Jiefang: Freedom Discourse in India and China Manoranjan Mohanty 27 The State Apparatus in the Third World: The Theoretical and Methodological Dimensions G. Hargopal & C. Chandrasekhar 35 Culture and Political Analysis in India Sarah Joseph 48 Expanding the Marxian Notion of the Post-Colonial State Neera Chandoke 63 REVIEW ARTICLE Approaches to the Mughal State C. Srinivasa Reddy 90 BOOK REVIEWS 97 221-222