Volume 4, No. 2 – 2004 Women and Demographic Transition Vol. IV - No. 2 - July 2004 Editorial Women and Demographic Transition Editorial by G. S. Jayasree Articles Census 2001:Final Statistics for the State-Healthy Trends by SHEELA THOMASDemographic Transition and Women’s Empowerment in Kerala: new Evidence by K.S. JAMESGulf Emigration of Women in Kerala by K.C.ZACHARIAH & S.IRUDAYA RAJANLabour Force in India: The Gender Gap by G.K. MOLIGender, Ageing and Social Security by S IRUDAYA RAJAN & SABU ALIYARMarketing the Nation Hindu and outside Hindu: Tribe in the Early Census Reports by K. C. BINDUWoman as body by ROSHAN THOMASWomen Writers Meet by SREEDEVI K. NAIRPolluting Ponkaala Premises:an Ecofeminist Reading of Narabali, Aadavum Daivavum and Naga Mandala by K.VAMANAN NAMPOOTHIRIObservations on Mother-Daughter Relationship in Marathi Fiction by SUKHMANI ROYGender as Political Construct: The Phoolan Devi Experience by LADHA BARATHANTagore, Women and Nature by NISHA VENUGOPALFemale Foeticide by ROSHANI SWIFT Autobiography With no Sense of loss: Autobiography of an Antharjanam by DEVAKI NILAYANGODE Features Gender, Agla Critique Revolutionnaire: A Portrait of Hélene Cixouseing and Social Security by ESTHER JAYANTHI RAJ Fiction Summons by INDIRA VARMACorpse Keshavan by USHA RAJAGOPALAN Translation A Lesbian cow by INDU MENONThe Bird in the Snow by MANASIPuttum Kadalayum by SREEBALA K. MENONSaketam by . N. Sreekantan NairThe Crisis of Religion in Modern Times by KUNTALA KUMARI SABAT