SOCIAL SCIENTIST VOLUME 29 NUMBERS 11-12 NOV.-DEC. 2001 ADVISORY EDIITORSAshok Mitra Amalendu Guha Irfan Habib Amiya Bagchi Kishore Theckedath Jacob Eapen EDITORIAL BOARDMadhu Prasad Utsa Patnaik D. Raghunandan C.P. Chandrasekhar CONTRIBUTING EDITORSThomas Isaac Atis Dasgupta Javeed Alam V.K. Ramachandran Venkatesh Athreya MANAGING EDITORRajendra PrasadEDITORPrabhat Patnaik CIRCULATION 8c ADVERTIISEMENT35A/1 (3rd floor) Shahpur Jat, Near Asiad Village, New Delhi 110 049 Phone: 649 7999, 649 1448 EDITORIAL OFFICE35A/1 (3rd floor) Shahpur Jat, Near Asiad Village New Delhi 110 049 SUBSCRIPTION RATESInland Single issue Rs. 20 Double issue Rs. 30 Annual (individuals) Rs. 200 Annual (institutions & libraries) Rs. 350 Annual (Students) Rs. 125 2 years (individuals) Rs. 300 3 years (individuals) Rs. 400 (Rs. 20 extra if by outstation cheque) Foreign (In US Dollars)Annual: Air mail 60 Sea mail 50ISSN 0970 - 0293 Social Scientist is listed in the International Current Awareness Services and its contents are indexed in the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences. Printed and distributed by Tulika Print Communication Services Pvt. Ltd.35A/1 (3rd floor) Shahpur Jat, Near Asiad Village, New Delhi 110 049