Social Scientist Monthly Journal of the Indian School of Social Sciences VOLUME 7 MAY NUMBER 10 1979 CONTENTS Dipankar Gupta 3 Understanding the Marath- wada Riots: A Repudiation of Eclectic Marxism K K^ilasapathy 23 The Tamil Purist Movement: a Re-Evaluation Saraswathi Menon 52 Responses to Class and Caste Oppression in Thanjavur District, 1940-52, Part Three REPORT Harsh Sethi 65 Academic and Social Action DOCUMENT VI All India Conference of the Indian School of 74 Five Year Plan 1978-83 Social Scienes BOOK REVIEW C T Kurien 83 Agriculture and Social Struc- ture in Tamil Nadu Articles, report, document and review express the views of the authors and not necessarily of the editors or of the Indian School of Social Sciences.