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* I thankfully acknowledge the help and cooperation provided by my students and colleagues in the collection of data as well as intellectual inspiration for undertaking this work. I also thank my son Arani and typist Biswajit and Kaberi for e-mailing and typing. I am grateful to Prof. Shobhita Jain for inviting me to IGNOU to present this paper. I am also grateful to Dr Madhu Bala, Dr Hasan, Mr Joy Dasgupta, Dr A. B. Ota and Dr H. M. Mathur who raised many interesting questions during the presentation of this paper at the India International Centre in New Delhi during 6-7 February 2003. Last but not the least, I must express my indebtedness to the villagers, panchayat members and various government officials at the BDO office of Kharagpur-I ...

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