Contents: Preface. 1. Cancer--a Social problem/Ruby Sain and Sourav Madhur Dey. 2. The beauty industry--a new angle of exploitation/Nilanjana Das. 3. The conflict between doctor and patient: a bio-medico social perspective/Stefan Ecks. 4. Culture and development the tribal perspective/Pujan Kumar Sen and Niladri Bhushan Parhi. 5. Water resource management: the emerging issue/A. Zaman. 6. Problems of tribal identity in North-Eastern region/Bhola Nath Ghosh and Ranjit Karmakar. 7. Interpreting the Tibetan refugee problem: the pragmatics of diasporic identity/Sudeep Basu. 8. Ageing--problems and prospects/Catherine C.M.C. 9. Rethinking social problem: an other perspective/Debarshi Talukdar. 10. The problem of secularization among Hindus in post--colonial India/Ramanuj Ganguly
