Articles by Sumitra Chishti

sexuality are simply a matter of oppression and patriarchal controls. When Dietrich ended up leading one group discussion on sexuality and culture at Patna, she was attacked by others, in this case young left party activists, as if discussing the issue meant defending something like free sex! The fact that the chapter on this issue in Reflections is still one of the rare available discussions in an Indian publication shows that the issue is still sensitive; not to say avoided.


separating them from the rich peasant- landlord leadership and bringing them into struggles in a major way. And there is finally the problem of caste, which is interwoven with these class issues and is touched on by nearly all the authors and grappled with by Sen Gupta, but still not I think adequately analysed; it is still a major stumbling block of Indian rural movements. Das's Introduction emphasises his concern with "peasants' awareness" of the forces impinging on them, yet all contributors keep referring to harijans, a term which dalit mlitants in all the places 5 am familiar with despise: are the Biharis that different? Connected with this is the role of adivasis; the Jharkhand movement and 'Chota Nagpur' region are only touched on.

Sumitra Chishti Developing countries have tended to think of growth in output and increasing employment and living levels as conflicting aims.
Stemming from this has grown the notion that there can be not only export-oriented growth but also export-oriented employment generation.

Review of Management May 1975 An Exploratory Study", unpublished seminar paper presented at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, 1974.