It is an index to all special articles, discussion pieces, reviews and perspectives published in the EPW since 20 August 1966, the very first issue of this journal. The over-7000 entries are presented chronologically. Besides giving the author, title, volume, number and date of each article, each entry also mentions its subject area.
Every entry has a serial number that runs chronologically.
This serial number occurs again in the internal author and subject index at the end of the volume, thus facilitating easy use. Those still in difficulty can refer to the 'Guide to Users' at the beginning of the book. Now those who want to locate the early writings of say, Amartya Sen, or M.N. Srinivas, or the most significant debates that have taken place in Indian social sciences over the last thirty years, would know exactly where to find them. The EPW is the journal most widely referred to worldwide for social science writing on India, and this index fills an important lacuna.