Social Scientist Monthly Journal of the Indian School of Social Sciences VOLUME 1 NOVEMBER NUMBER 4 1972 CONTENTS M J K Thavaraj 3 Regional Imbalances and Public Investment in India (1860-1947) Prakash Karat 25 Role of the English-educated in Indian Politics N Ram 47 impact of Early Colonisation on the Economy of South India NOTES 66 Inflationary Rise in Prices 74 Tribal Development : A strategy for Failure BOOK REVIEW Mohan Than&pi 82 Romance and Realism : A study in English Bourgeois Literature Articles, notes and reviews express the views of their Authors and not necessarily of the Editors or of the Indian School of Social Sciences.