... ritual such as temple keepers of various castes, barbers, carpenters, musicians, etc. (Dube, 1955; Opler and Singh, 1948; Planalp, 1956; Srinivas, 1952). Many of these patterns of religious participation are described and prescribed in the Sanskritic literature of Hinduism, and so fall within the “great...

...Tulasi Srinivas Making Lahore Modern: Constructing and Imagining a Colonial City . By William J. Glover . Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press , 2007 . 280 pp. $75.00 (cloth); $25.00 (paper) . Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2008 2008...

...Tulasi Srinivas Unifying Hinduism: Philosophy and Identity in Indian Intellectual History . By Andrew Nicholson . New York : Columbia University Press. 2010 . xii, 266 pp. $45.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2012 2012 This erudite and thought...

...Tulasi Srinivas History, Culture and the Indian City . By Rajnarayan Chandavarkar . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2009 . 270 pp. $80.25 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2011 2011 This posthumously published collection of nine brilliant...

...M. N. Srinivas Abstract The concept of “Sanskritization” was found useful by me in the analysis of the social and religious life of the Coorgs of South India. A few other anthropologists who are making studies of tribal and village communities in various parts of India seem to find the concept...

...Claire C. Robison The Making of a Modern Temple and a Hindu City: Kalighat and Kolkata . By Deonnie Moodie . Oxford : Oxford University Press , 2019 . xv, 217 pp. ISBN: 9780190885267 (cloth). The Cow in the Elevator: An Anthropology of Wonder . By Tulasi Srinivas . Durham, N.C...

...Gerald D. Berreman Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1967 1967 Social Change in Modern India . By M. N. Srinivas . Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press , 1966 . xv, 194 pp. Notes, Reading List, Index. $5.00. EOOK REVIEWS 333 urban areas...

...Lawrence A. Babb Indian Society through Personal Writings . By M. N. Srinivas . Delhi : Oxford University Press , 1998 (First published 1996). xi, 245 pp. $13.95 (paper). Village, Caste, Gender and Method . By M. N. Srinivas . Delhi : Oxford University Press , 1998 (First...

... his information is in disagreement with my own. Nandi, pp. 91–92. 15 This definition follows Srinivas' usage with reference to caste in its ritual and social aspects. Srinivas (1962), pp. 3–4. 14 Bailey, p. 107. 13 Rudolph and Rudolph, p. 8. 12 Rudolph and Rudolph...

...Owen M. Lynch On Living in a Revolution and Other Essays . By M. N. Srinivas . Delhi : Oxford University Press , 1992 . xi, 209 pp. $18.95. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1994 1994 6l4 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES This book has many merits: solid textual...

...Alf Hiltebeitel Landscapes of Urban Memory: The Sacred and the Civic in India's High-Tech City . By Smriti Srinivas . Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press , 2001 . 376 pp. $57.95 (cloth); $22.95 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2003 2003 BOOK...

...Amanda Huffer Winged Faith: Rethinking Globalization and Religious Pluralism through the Sathya Sai Movement . By Tulasi Srinivas . New York : Columbia University Press , 2010 . 448 pp. $29.50 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2011 2011 True to its...

...David L. Curley Social Structure and Change . Edited by A. M. Shah , B. S. Baviskar , and E. A. Ramaswamy . Volume 1: Theory and Method—Evaluation of the Work of M. N. Srinivas. Volume 2: Women in Indian Society. Volume 3: Complex Organizations and Urban Communities. Volume 4: Development...

... , 1955 ), pp. 1 – 35 . 3 By Srinivas M. N. in The Far Eastern Quarterly , XV ( 1955 – 1956 ), 481 – 496 . 4 In a later paper, Sanskritization is also applied to Brahmans: “The Problem of Indian Unity,” The Economic Weekly , 26 04 , 1958 , pp. 571 – 577 ; reprinted...

... in Modern India. BY M. N. SRINIVAS. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1966. xv, 194 pp. Notes, Reading List, Index. $5.00. In the past decade and a half, M. N. Srinivas has emerged as India's leading anthropologist. The book reviewed here is in part a product of his eminence...

... . SRINIVAS. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1992. xi, 209 pp. $18.95. M. N. Srinivas writes of a revolution begun with the adoption of India's constitution in 1950. It was quiet and bloodless, and few intellectuals considered it a revolution when Srinivas wrote in 1985. In today's India, few would consider...

... groups or individuals are given priority in jobs, scholarships, political representation, etc Secularization is a trend that has been too little discussed with reference to India. Here Srinivas gives a stimulating overview as he shows that Hinduism is becoming increasingly disassociated from...