OUR CONTRIBUTORS Dr MALCOLM CALDWELL who teaches history at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London Universityy is editor of the JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY ASIA. SUHAS CHATTOPADHTAT is in the Economic Research Unit of the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta. MEENA GUPTA teaches economics at Daulat Ram College y University of Delhi. GEORGES KRISTOFFEL LIETEN is a research scholar at Jawaharlffi Nehru University, New Delhi. Dr MANORAMA SAVUR teaches sociology at the University of Bombay. Dr BINAY BHUSHANCHAUDHURI teaches history at Calcutta University.