Part 1: South Asia at independence - India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, Hugh Tinker; the historical origins of some of Pakistan's persistent political problems, Khalid B. Sayeed; India in 1947 - the limits of unity, Robin J. Moore; "The model colony" - refelctions on the tranfer of power in Sri Lanka, K.M. de Silva. Part 2: The dynamics of political integration and desintegration, James Manor; East-West conflicts in Pakistan - Bengali Regionalism, 1947-1970, M. Rashiduzzaman; cultural policy, the textbook controversy and Indian identity, Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph; the Sinhalese-Tamil Rift in Sri Lanka, C.R. de Silva; the concepts of politics and power in India's ideological tradition, Dennis Dalton. Part 3: Pakistan - unity or further divisions?, Ataur Rahman; pluralism, regionalism and decentralizing tendencies in contemporary Indians politics, Paul R. Brass; the future of Bangladesh, Talukder Maniruzzaman; Sri Lanka and its future - Sinhalese versus Tamils, A. Jeyaratnam Wilson; south Asia and the outside world, Leo E. Rose; the published works of W.H. Morris-Jones - an annotated bibliography, Susili Wilson.
