Articles by Leela Dube

The work of an anthropologist has a history. This narrative by one of India's foremost sociologist-anthropologists seeks to locate some of her major works, in the form of autobiographical vignettes tracing her work from the 1950s to more recent years, marked by an increasing focus on issues of gender.

relevant to point out that in India the Report of the Committee of state Finance Ministers on Sales Tax Reform (April 1995) has strongly felt that 'rate wars' among the states in the form of competitive rate reductions should be put to an end as early as possible [NIPFP 1995).

Amniocentesis Debate Continued Leela Dube IN "Amniocentesis Again" (EPW, June 11) Dharma Kumar has commented that I have not given references in suppot of my observations regarding the absence of marked boy preference in most countries of Southeast Asia and my specific mention of Indonesia in this connection. I left them out for two reasons. First, a brief rejoinder did not seem to call for heavy scholarly documentation. Second, T thought that what I wrote of was fairly well known among social scientists, especially anthropologists and sociologists.