Mass Movements and Marxist Method G Vijay ARUNPATNAIK 'scritique (EPW May 20) of Balagopal's article (EPW, May 7) calls forth a serious debate on certain theoretical questions. Balagopal's argument not only confronts the dilemma of Sumanta Banerjee's discourse, but itself ends up in a different kind of a dilemma, as pointed out by Arun Patnaik.