Full Description
This volume of writings on childhood and school days by prominent sociologists, anthropologists, historians, and literary figures-Alan Macfarlane, Aparna Basu, Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Gurcharan Das, Jan Breman, Malavika Karlekar, Pradip Kumar Bose, Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Susan Visvanathan, Tapan Ray Chaudhuri, T.N. Madan, and Veena Das-commemorates the seventy-fifth birthday of Andre Beteille, one of India's leading sociologists and writers.
Contents
1. Introduction ; 2. Of Dragons, Hobbits, and Anthropologists ; 3. Remembering my Childhood ; 4. The Supernumerary ; 5. Scenes from a Punjabi Childhood ; 6. Life Experiences in a Comparative Perspective ; 7. Bungalows, Bageechas, and the Babalog ; 8. A Short Season ; 9. The Big Red House and Bits and Pieces ; 10. A Cast of Characters ; 11. School Days ; 12. Between the Braying Pestles and the Examination Blues: Recollections of Early Childhood ; 13. Two Plaits and a Step in the World: A Childhood Remembered
