Key Concepts in Modern Indian Studies is the first reference volume to introduce the terminology used for cultural studies and the social sciences relating to India. Authored by a number of internationally recognized experts, it consists of over one hundred individual entries on concepts central to their respective fields of specialization, highlighting crucial issues and debates in a lucid and concise manner. Each entry posits a concise definition of the key concept, accompanied by a critical analysis of its trajectory and a succinct discussion of its significance in the academic arena as well as in the public sphere.

Suitable for: This book will be of considerable interest to scholars and students of history, sociology, politics, religious studies and economics.

Introduction

Adab
Adivasi
Ahimsa
Ambedkarite
Anglo-Indians
Aryan
Atman
Ayurveda
Bazaar
Bhadralok-Bhadramahila
Bhakti
Bhoodan-Gramdan
Biopiracy
Biradari
Bollywood
Business Rajahs
Caste
Colonial (and Postcolonial) Education and Language Policies
Communalism
Cow Protection
Dalit
Darshan
Democracy
Development
Dharavi
Dharma in the Hindu Epics
Dowry
Drain of Wealth
Dravidian
Emergency
Environment
Family Planning-Population Control
Feminism
Freedom
Gandhian
Girangaon
Goonda
Green Revolution
Hijra
Hindi-Hindustani
Hindu Reform Movements in British India
Hindutva
Imam
Iman
Indian Ocean
Indian Philosophy
Indian Uprising of 1857
Integration
Itihasa
Izzat
Kaliyuga
Kashmiriyat
Khadi
Khalifa-Khalifat-Khilafat
Khalistan
Khandaan
Knowledge Formation
Kumbh Mela
Land Revenue-Land Reform
Language
Liberalisation
Litigation
Malabar
Mandal Commission
Manuvad
Maoist Movement (Naxalbari)
Metro
Middle Class
Monsoon
Mughal-Mughlai
Muslim Religious Reform Movements
Nationalism
Nehruvian
New Social Movements
Nonalignment
NRI
Panchayati Raj
Pandit
Partition
Plantation Labour
Political Economy
Postcolonialism
Poverty
Qawm
Quit India Movement
Race
Radicalism
Raj
Religion
Sahitya
Samachar
Samaj
Samvad
Sanskrit
Science
Secularism
Self-Respect Movement
Seven Sisters
Strategic Enclave
Subaltern
Sufi
Swadeshi
Swaraj
Theosophy
Unani Medicine
Vegetarianism
Zenana

Bibliography

Note on Editors