As much as is possible, we will attempt to present the letters gas received h, however the Asia Lutheran reserves the right to postpone, to refrain from printing, as well as to edit any material sent in. All letters must include the writer's name and address. Please refer to the inside of the front cover for address information. Earlier, economy used to be the concern of economists, but now, due to the centralization of national and international economies, people are able to feel the effects directly. The acute problem of the rural communities and particularly the rural women are due to their local economic contradictions and local unjust conditions.
Moral crisis is the origin of the economic crisis.
Economic and poli-tical questions are essentially moral questions. The word economy comes from the Greek word, oikos meaning house and nomos meaning law. Hence, the original meaning of economy is the wise and lawful government of the household for the common good of the whole family. The purpose of the political process is to regulate the economy in such a way to bring forth well-being for all the members of the society. Now, let us see the nature of the Indian political economy and its impact on the people in general and women and church in particular.