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The article focuses on the anthropological work in universities and research institutions in India. The authors discuss how Indian anthropologists have been impacted by the country's colonial past, examine the relationship between social anthropology and sociology within Indian intellectual traditions, and explore how democratic processes have impacted India's borderlands.

Examines the women and gender systems in India. Inclusion of the mini-history of ethnography; Utilization of childcare information; Emphasis of the categories of families.

Examines the importance of the rethinking of ethnography in India. Emphasis of bringing voice and local narrative understanding of culture; Inclusion of structural inquiry; Abandonment of positivism.

Focuses on the geographical area for the culture in India. Causes of disinheritance of natal property; Slippage between legal reform for women and cultural change; Contradictions between essentialism and feminism.