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When Malcolm
Adiseshiah
founded the
Madras Institute
of Development
Studies (MIDS)
in 1971, one of
his earliest
activities was
to start a
monthly
periodical which
he named
Bulletin: Madras
Development
Seminar Series.
Its purpose was
to bring the
paper presented
and discussed at
the monthly
seminar of the
Institute to the
attention of the
wider public.
Apart form the
seminar paper,
the Bulletin
carried a long
editorial
section written
by Adiseshiah
himself on
economic and
development
issues relating
to Tamil Nadu
and India with
references to
the changing
profiles of the
international
economy as well.
Soon the
periodical came
to be commonly
referred to as
the MIDS
Bulletin. The
wide coverage of
current events
and the range of
articles in the
Bulletin
attracted the
attention of
scholars as well
as the general
public.
Malcolm
Adiseshiah was
the editor and
the main
contributor of
the Bulletin. He
faithfully
brought out the
periodical month
after month for
twenty four
years. When he
turned 84 in
April 1994, he
admitted that he
was finding it
difficult to
carry the
burden, but he
was keen that a
Journal on
developmental
issues be
continued as an
activity of the
Institute. He
persuaded one of
his colleagues
in the Institute
to accept
responsibility
as the editor of
a new Journal
and announced in
the June 1994
issue of the
Bulletin that
after it ceased
publication in
June 1995, a new
journal would
take its place.
Malcolm
Adiseshiah
passed away in
November 1994.
But as was his
practice, he had
compiled the
material for the
December issue
and hence the
December 1994
number appeared
as the last
issue of the
Bulletin. Review
of Development
and Change is
the successor to
the Bulletin.
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