Social Scientist Monthly Journal of the Indian School of Social Sciences VOLUME I JUNE NUMBER 11 1973 CONTENTS Malcolm Caldwell 3 Imperialism in the Malay World E M S Namboodiripad 18 On Joan Robinson's Criticism of Marx Sharad Patil 32 Problem of Slavery in Ancient India NOTES Ruddar Datt 49 Third Pay Commission Report Anand Prakash 56 Progressive Hindi Writers' Conference : An Assessment DISCUSSION N G Bodas 63 On Technical Education with Special Reference to Gwalior Division ROOK REVIEW K P Mukherji 72 In the Sun and the Rain Articles, notes, discussion, communication and review express the views of their authors and not necessarily of the editors or of the Indian School of Social Sciences.