62 SOCIAL SCIENTIST 84. 'Education in Bengal' (Editorial), The Statesman, 8 April, 1875; in Chose, Selections, Vol. VIII, p. 73. 85. See Progress of Education in the Asian Regions: A Statistical Review, Bangkok, UNESCO, 1969. 86. Ehsanul Huq's study of Delhi schools, for example, shows that the students of unaided public schools (i.e., completely privatised schools) are of urban background, mainly high caste and from affluent families whose fathers are either in higher administrative services or in big business. Education and Political Culture in India, New Delhi, Sterling Publishers, 1981, pp. 41-55. 87. Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, Classes, Nations, Literatures, London, Verso, 1992, p. 74. 88. Indrani Banerjee, 'The Language Lament,' in India Today, March 31,1985. 89. Ibid. Banerjee concedes, on the one hand, 'The left front might be doing the right thing in initiating a programme to bring about literacy to the greatest number,' but, on the other, concludes that the 'shortage of essential English' means a lower level of education, particularly for the sizeable middle class of the State. 90. Ahmad, In Theory, p. 78.