Book reviews and notices : AMRITA BASU, ed., The challenge of local feminisms: Women's movements in global perspective. New Delhi: Kali for Women, 1999. xiv + 493 pp. Plates, notes, bibliography, index. Rs. 350 (paperback) AND IRENE GUIJT and MEERA KAUL SHAH, eds., The myth of community: Gender issues in participatory development. New Delhi: Vistaar Publications. 1999. xx + 288 pp. Tables, figures, notes, references, index. Rs. 295 (paperback)