Thomas Blom Hansen

The vernacularisation of Hindutva: The BJP and Shiv Sena in rural Maharashtra
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 177-214. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Deepak Mehta

Circumcision, body and community
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 215-243. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Michael Roberts

Filial devotion in Tamil culture and the Tiger cult of martyrdom
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 245-272. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Timothy Fitzgerald

From structure to substance: Ambedkar, Dumont and orientalism
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 273-288. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Robert Parkin

On Dumont's 'affinal terms': Comment on Rudner
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 289-297. [PDF] [References]  

T.N. Madan

Shyama Charan Dube (1922-96): A memoir
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 299-305. [PDF]  

Swapan Kumar Bhattacharyya

Book reviews and notices : T.N. MADAN, Pathways: Approaches to the study of society in India. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1994. Notes, refs., index. Rs. 400 (hardback)
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 309-310. [PDF]  

V. Sujatha

Book reviews and notices : RAMKRISHNA MUKHERJEE, Systemic sociology. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1993. 166 pp. Figs., tables, refs., Rs. 195 (hardback)/Rs. 95 (paperback)
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 310-311. [PDF]  

Ananta Kumargiri

Book reviews and notices : M.S. GORE, The social context of an ideology: Ambedkar's political and social thought. Delhi: Sage Publications, 1993. 361 pp. Notes, bibliogr., index. Rs. 325 (hardback)/Rs. 175 (paperback)
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 311-312. [PDF]  

B.N. Sahay

Book reviews and notices : S.B. CHAKRAVARTI, ed., Social science and social concern: Felicitation volume in honour of Professor B. K. Roy Burman. Delhi: Mittal Publications, 1988. xxi + 590 pp. Rs. 450
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 312-313. [PDF]  

Shirish Jain

Book reviews and notices : GERALD D. BERREMAN, Hindus of the Himalayas: Ethnography and change. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1993 (second edition, revised and enlarged). lvii + 440 pp. Maps, figs., plates, notes, bibliogr., index. Rs. 425
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 313. [PDF]  

Smriti Srinivas

Book reviews and notices : JOHN H. CROOK, and HENRY A. OSMASTON, eds., Himalayan Buddhist villages, environment, resources, society and religious life in Zangskar, Ladakh. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1994. xxx + 866 pp. Maps, figs., plates
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 314-315. [PDF]  

Amit Kumar Sharma

Book reviews and notices : ROBERT I. LEVY, Mesocosm: Hinduism and the organization of a traditional Newar city in Nepal. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1992 (reprint). xxii + 829 pp. Maps, plates, tables, notes, gloss., bibliogr., index. Rs. 450
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 315-316. [PDF]  

Geoffrey Samuel

Book reviews and notices : GÉRARD TOFFIN, ed., Nepal, past and present (Proceedings of the Franco-German Conference Arc-et-Senans, June 1990). Paris: CNRS Editions, 1993. Maps, figs., plates, tables, notes, bibliogr. Ff. 240. (Also New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1993). Rs. 400; and GÉRARD TOFFIN, ed., The anthropology of Nepal: From tradition to modernity (Pro ceedings of the Franco-Nepalese Seminar held in the French Cultural Centre, Kath mandu, 18-20 March 1992). Kathmandu: French Cultural Centre, French Embassy, 1993. Maps, tables, notes, bibliogr. Nep. Rs. 250
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 316-317. [PDF]  

T.N. Madan

Book reviews and notices : PARITA MUKTA, Upholding the common life: The community of Mirabai. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1994. xx + 269 pp. Plates, gloss., bibliogr., index. Rs. 350
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 317-318. [PDF]  

Roma Chatterji

Book reviews and notices : AKOS OSTOR, Vessels of time: An essay on temporal change and social transformation. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1993. xiv + 103 pp. Notes, bibliogr., index. Rs. 175
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 319. [PDF]  

Uma Chakravarti

Book reviews and notices : MIRANDA SHAW, Passionate enlightenment: Women in Tantric Buddhism. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994. 291 pp. Figs., text, notes, bibliogr., index
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 319-321. [PDF]  

J. George

Book reviews and notices : JOKE SCHRIJVERS, The violence of 'development': A choice for intellectuals (trans. Lin Pugh). New Delhi: Kali for Women, 1993. 63 pp. Notes, bibliogr. Rs. 25
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 321. [PDF]  

Rahul N. Ram

Book reviews and notices : BALGOVIND BABOO, Technology and social transformation: The case of the Hirakud multi purpose dam project in Orissa. Delhi: Concept, 1992. 168 pp. Tables, notes, gloss., appendices, bibliogr., index. Rs. 135; and BALGOVIND BABOO, Economic exchanges in rural India (A comparative spatio-cultural study in Orissa). Delhi: Manak Publications, 1992. ix + 304 pp. Tables, gloss., bibliogr., index. Rs. 325
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 322. [PDF]  

Uma Shankari

Book reviews and notices : B.D. DHAWAN, Indian water resource development for irrigation: Issues, critiques, reviews. New Delhi: Commonwealth Publishers, 1993. vii + 277 pp. Tables, notes, bibliogr. Rs. 325
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 322-323. [PDF]  

Raj Mohinisethi

Book reviews and notices : ANDREA M. SINGH and NEERA BURRA, eds., Women and wasteland development in India (A study prepared for the International Labour Office within the framework of the World Employment Programme). New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1993. 336 pp. Refs., gloss., index. Rs. 295
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 323-324. [PDF]  

Pariyaram M. Chacko

Book reviews and notices : NEIL WEBSTER, Panchayati Raj and the decentralization of development planning in West Bengal: A case study. Calcutta: K.P. Bagchi, 1992. x + 149 pp. Tables, notes, bibliogr., index. Rs. 120
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 324-325. [PDF]  

Ajit Kumar Pandey

Book reviews and notices : A.R.N. SRIVASTAVA, Changing values and tribal society: A comparative study of the Munda and Oraon value-orientations. New Delhi: Inter-India, 1992. 295 pp. Figs., tables, bibliogr., index. Rs. 370
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 325-326. [PDF]  

Virginius Xaxa

Book reviews and notices : ASHOK MAJUMDAR, Peasant protest in Indian politics: Tebhaga movement in Bengal. New Delhi: NIB Publishers, 1993. 296 pp. Rs. 220
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 326. [PDF]  

Rita Brara

Book reviews and notices : PATRICIA UBEROI, ed., Family, kinship and marriage in India. Delhi: Oxford University Press. 502 pp. Gloss., bibliogr. , index. Rs. 500
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 327. [PDF]  

Monica Das Gupta

Book reviews and notices : TULSI PATEL, Fertility behaviour: Population and society in a Rajasthan village. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1994. xvi + 287 pp. Plates, tables, notes, gloss., appendices, bibliogr., index. Rs. 400
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 327-328. [PDF]  

Rani Mothey

Book reviews and notices : ROMY BOROOAH, Capturing complexity: An interdisciplinary look at women, households and development. Delhi: Sage Publications, 1994. Figs., tables, notes, refs., appendices, index. Rs. 295
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 328-329. [PDF]  

Kamala Ganesh

Book reviews and notices : PREM CHOWDHRY, The veiled women: Shifting gender equations in rural Haryana, 1880-1990. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1994. xix + 461 pp. Maps, tables, notes, gloss., bibliogr. , index. Rs. 475
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 329-330. [PDF]  

Shakti Kak

Book reviews and notices : U. KALPAGAM, Labour and gender: Survival in urban India. Delhi: Sage Publications, 1994. 309 pp. Figs., tables, bibliogr., index. Rs. 285 (hardback)/Rs. 175 (paperback)
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 330-331. [PDF]  

Geetanjali Gangoli

Book reviews and notices : RADHA KUMAR, The history of doing: An illustrated account of movements for women's rights and feminism in India, 1800-1990. New Delhi: Kali for Women, 1993. vi + 204 pp. Plates, tables, text, notes, appendices, index. Rs. 350
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 331-332. [PDF]  

Renu Addlakha

Book reviews and notices : GUY SORMAN, The immigrant and the drug addict. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House, 1993. x + 372 pp. Appendix, bibliogr., index. Rs. 395
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 332-333. [PDF]  

Subhash Kak

Book reviews and notices : BRIAN K. SMITH, Classifying the universe: The ancient Indian varna system and the origins of caste. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. xv + 408 pp. Tables, notes, gloss. , appendix, bibliogr., index
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 333-334. [PDF]  

Dominique-Sila Khan

Book reviews and notices : CHRISTOPHER SHACKLE and ZAWAHIR MOIR, Ismaili hymns from South Asia: An introduction to the ginans. SOAS South Asian Texts, 3. London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1992. xv + 258 pp. Map, figs., text, notes, gloss., bibliogr., indexes
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 334-335. [PDF]  

Susan Visvanathan

Book reviews and notices : RAJAN GURUKKAL, The Kerala temple and the early medieval agrarian system. Sukapuram: Vallathol Vidhyapeetham, 1992. vi + 121 pp. Figs., notes, appendices, bibliogr., index. Rs. 50
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 335-336. [PDF]  

A.R. Venkatachalapathy

Book reviews and notices : GABRIELLA EICHINGER FERRO-LUZZI, The taste of laughter: Aspects of Tamil humour. Wies baden : Harrassowitz, 1992. xx + 218 pp. Figs., refs., gloss., index. DM 76
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 336. [PDF]  

Bidyut Mohanty

Book reviews and notices : K.S. SINGH, People of India: An anthropological atlas: Ecology and cultural traits, demographic and biological traits, vol. XI. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1993. v + 156 pp. Maps, bibliogr. Rs. 700 (hardback)
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 337-338. [PDF]  

Patricia Uberoi

Book reviews and notices : M.S.S. PANDIAN, ed., South Indian studies, no. 1 (Biannual journal). Kochi, Kerala: Chithira Publishers. 159 pp
Contributions to Indian Sociology 1996 30: 338-342. [PDF]  

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