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020 _a9780140257601
082 _a305.51220954 SRI
100 _aSrinivas, M. N.
245 _aCaste: Its Twentieth-Century Avatar
260 _bPenguin Random House India
_c1996
_aGurugram
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520 _aAs India attempted to modernise in the decades after Independence, the issue of caste became overwhelmingly significant in the political, economic and social spheres. This anthology explores the influence of caste and its evolution into the major indicator of identity it has become today.
650 _aCaste system
650 _aSocial change
650 _aIndia - Social conditions
942 _cBK
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