THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF COMMUNALISM 67 that promises a Constitutional Amendment to ensure fixity of tenure for Parliament. And that is the real threat. Communalism is only a means to" achieve the fascist objective in India to relieve the economy of the unprecedented crisis it is caught in today just like Hitler raked up anti-Jew passions to relieve German capitalism of its serious crisis; a crisis of its own making. (This is based on the Keynote address presented by the writer at the North-American Peace and Solidarity Conference organised by CERAS, at Montreal on September 4 and 5, 1999). RECENT MANOHAR TITLES Daughters of the Earth: Women and Land in Uttar Pradesh Edited by Smita Tewari Jassal This book problematizes women's relationship to land from historical, anthropological and socio-legal perspectives, the underlying assumption being that legal title to own land as well as exercise control over it as a productive resourse, have hitherto been denied to them. Hence, the significance of identifying those socio-historical processes which are likely to have resulted in the marginalization of women within the power and resource systems that govern agriculture. As subjects in their own right or as contributors to agrarian production, women's invisibility remains a characteristic feature of Indian socio-historical studies, a lacuna which is sought to be redressed by location women within the structures of caste and class in Uttar Pradesh. Drawings insights from colonial Awadh and participatory research conducted in Banda and Varanasi, the author argues that unless the problem of landlessness per se is addressed, gender equality in land and productive resources are likely to remain a chimera. It is precisely in this realm that pragmatic and creative solutions as well as the construction of new forms of social relationships may be envisaged. Smita Tewari Jassal is a sociologist working as a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Women's Development Studies. New Delhi. ISBN 81-7304-375-2 DemySvo 2001 197p. Rs.400 Kargil: The Tables Turned Edited by Maj. Gen. Asho!^ Krishna, AVSM (Retd) P.R. Chari India and Pakistan have been fighting each other in Jammu and Kashmir since 1947. None of these conflicts ended decisively The 1999 Kargil war, therefore, was the continuation of an unresolved problem. But this time, it involved the physical occupation of a sizeable piece of territory by Pakistan on the Indian side of the Line of Control; it took place between two democracies and putative nuclear weapon powers and could have escalated out of control. For these reasons it was exceptional. Kargil: The Tables Turned provides a comprehensive review of past motivations and events; it covers the operational aspects of the 1999 war in their entirety and highlights the heroism, and sacrifice of the young officers and soldiers of the Indian Armed Forces. It brings out useful military lessons and perspectives. Maj Gen Ashok Krishna. AVSM was commissioned into 4/8 Gorkha Rifles in 1957 and he commanded the battalion in the 1971 war in the western sector. In 1947 he commanded 1/8 Gorkha Rifles, now 3 Mechanised Infantry. In 1988, he was appointed Colonel 8 Gorkha Rifles. In 1999 he joined the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies as Deputy Director. P.R. Chari is currently Director of the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi. ISBN81-7304-366-X 2001 Demy8vo 341p. Rs.700 MANOHAR PUBLISHERS & DISTRIBUTORS 4753/23 Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi-110002 Phones: 3262796, 3260774, 3284848. 3289100 Fax: 3265162 • email: manbooks@vsnl.com