CONTRIBUTORS SANAT BOSE is Professor of History, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. PRANAV N DESAI is research scholar in Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. RUDDAR DATT is Principal, School of Correspondence Courses and Continuing Education, Delhi University. AMIT KUMAR GUPTA is with the School of Social Sciences, Jawa' harlal Nehru University, Mew Delhi. SUDIPTA KAVIRAJ is Assistant Professor, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. AD TEULINGS is Professor of Sociology, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. VINOD VTASULU is Economic Adviser, National Small Industries Corporation, New Delhi. Paper used for printing this number has been made available by the Government of India at a concessional rate.