OUR CONTRIBUTORS M BASAVAPUNNIAH if MerAb^r of the Polit Bureau, Communist Party of India (Marxist). P GOVINDA PILLAlis Chi^f Editor, Desabhimani Daily, Cochin. Dr SUB HASH KAK is Assistant Professor^ School of Radar Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. N RADHAKRISHNAN is Research Scholar, Department of English, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu. Dr K SESHADRI is Chairman, Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. Dr SURT A NAT H SINGH is Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh. FROM THE EDITOR With deep regret we inform our readers the sad demise of Premendra, on June 4th^ who was with us in the editorial staff of the Social Scientist from its inception.