STUDIES IN HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (Journal of the Inter-University Centre) Published twice a year at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Rashtrapati Nivas, Shimla-171005 First Special Issue; Images of Communities in Modern Indian Literature. Guest Editor: Jaidev Devoted to literary works that foreground the community as their main concern, the issue contains fourteen essays including two by novelists who discuss how and why they write the community in their fictions. Intercommunity relations, tensions and transactions, and the difficult interface of the community and the nation are some of the recurrent themes which the contributors discuss in the context of various Indian literatures. Forthcoming Special Issues (i) Discourse, Truth and Objectivity in Social Sciences. Guest Editor: Javeed Alam (ii) On Philosophy in India : In Memory of Bimal Krishan Matilal. Guest Editor: Arindam Chakravarti (iii) Availability of Traditions: In Memory of K.J. Shah. Guest Editor: Raghavendra Rao (iv) The Idea of the Political. Guest Editor: Jyotirmaya Sharma Unpublished articles are invited for the general issue of the Journal. Please send contributions before30th April, 1995 to: Dr. Chetan Singh Editor, Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences Indian Institute of Advanced Study Rashtrapati Nivas, Shimla-171005 Subscription: Inland Foreign Institutions Rs. 150.00 US $ 30 Individual Rs. 100.00 US $ 25 Students Rs. 80/00 US$20 Cheques/Drafts drawn in favour of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla and enquiries concerning subscriptions.should be addressed to A.K. Sharma Public Relations Officer Indian Institute of Advanced Study Rashtrapati Nivas, Shimla-171005 Phone: 78278 Fax (0177) 202719