A cruise along the streets of Chennai – or Silicon Valley – filled with professional young Indian men and women, reveals the new face of India. In the twenty-first century, Indians have acquired a new kind of global visibility, one of rapid economic advancement and, in the information technology industry, spectacular prowess.
The Everyday State and Society in Modern India focuses on how the large, amorphous and impersonal Indian state affects the everyday lives of ordinary citizens. The book argues that state and society merge in the day-to-day lives of most Indians, and the boundary between them is blurred and negotiable according to social context and position. The contributors adopt the position, contrary to that of many others, that most Indians are able to comprehend and use the ...
The Renewal of the Priesthood modernity and traditionalism in a South Indian temple. In this book, Chris Fuller studies a community of professional priests from a historical perspective. Since the late 1970s, he has observed the priests of the Minakshi temple of Madurai and studied a transformed priesthood that combines tradition with modernity. The richly documented and analysed volume is a sequel to his earlier work and represents over 20 years of intensive ...