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028			_a: Donated by Prof. B.D. Chattopadhyaya ( Sudeshna Guha) _b: Kolkata
082			_a305.51 DIR
100			_aDirks, Nicholas B.
245			_aCastes of Mind _b: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India. _c/Nicholas B. Dirks.
260			_aDelhi _b : Permanent Black _c, 2002.
300			_axiii, 372p. _c: 18cm.
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520			_aThe author argues that caste is neither an unchanged survival of ancient India nor a single system that reflects some core culture. Rather than being an expression of Indian tradition, he argues that caste, as we know it now, is a relatively modern phenomenon, the product of the encounter between India and British colonial rule. This is not to suggest that the British invented caste, but to show that it was on account of British domination that caste became a single term capable of naming as well as subsuming India’s diverse forms of social identity and organisation. Dirks also examines the rise of caste politics in contemporary India, in particular caste-based movements and their implications for Indian nationhood.
650			_aSocial Science
650			_aCaste
650			_aBritish domination
700			_aNicholas B. Dirks
942			_cBOOK
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