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    The Problem
    (1989-03) Guha, Ramachandra
    COMMENTING on the social crisis in India in an earlier issue of SEMINAR, a distinguished sociologist wrote, 'The difficulty is not specific, local, and temporary; it is general, widespread, and persistent. It is evident in the difficulty we have over such elemental issues as unemployment, population growth, sanitation and control over violence; in all branches of government: political parties, legislatures, bureaucracy, judiciary; in key societal institutions like the universities and trade unions... In the past decade, perhaps a dozen issues of SEMINAR have been devoted to the underlying causes of this un-deniably widespread crisis and its manifestation in the political, economic, judicial, and religious spheres. The present issue explores some of the more significant responses to the crisis.