Introduction K.N. Fanikkar Communalism and the Historical Legacy: Some Facets RomilaThapar 4 Communal Violence in Twentieth Century Colonial Bengal Suranjan Das 21 War Over Music: The Riots of 1926 in Bengal P.K. Dutta 38 Seminar on 'Communalism in India': A Report Srimanjari 49 NOTE Whatever Has Happened to Imperialism? Prabhat Patnaik 73 DISCUSSION Adi Sankara: A Critique of E.M.S. Namboodidiripad's Views Kanai Banerjee 77 REVIEW ARTICLE Utopia and Despair Margit Koves & Shaswati Mazumdar 85 REVIEW ARTICLE Women and the Household in Asia Nina Rao 93 BOOK REVIEWS 100 205- -6