CONTRIBUTORS DIPANKAR GUPTA is with the Centre for Social Studies, Surat. K KAILASAPATHY is Professor and Head of the Department of Tamil, University ofJaffna, Sri Lanka. C T KURIEN is the Director of Madras Institute of Development Studies, Madras. SARASWATHI MENON is a research scholar at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, J^ew Delhi. HARSH SET HI is Assistant Director, Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi.