Social Scientist Monthly Journal of the Indian School of Social Sciences VOLUME 6 MARCH NUMBER 8 1978 CONTENTS Nirmala Banerjee 3 Women Workers and Development Karthigesu Sivathamby 16 The Politics of a Literary Style P Ibrahim 34 The Development of Transport Facilities in Kerala: A Historical Review REPORT Satish Mishra 49 Industrialisation in India DOCUMENT V All India Conference 65 Problems of Federal Polity of the Indian School of Social Sciences COMMUNICATION David Selbourne 73 Reply to a Critic REVIEW ARTICLE B T Ranadive 77 Towards an Understanding of the Non-Brahman Movement Articles, report, communication and review article express the views of the authors and not necessarily of the editors or of the Indian School of Social Sciences.