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Reviews the book 'Agricultural Development of India: Policy and Problems,' edited by C.H. Shah and C.N. Vakil.

McClish's analysis of the text explodes this idea as the result of a later redaction of an originally independent and secular text on politics that he provisionally calls the I Da aniti i (5). Nevertheless, I here record some regret that McClish did not take the opportunity to address political theory in sources before and after the I Artha'sastra i , with the exception of Dharma'sastra. The strength and clarity of McClish's argument derives from his focus on the text of the I Artha'sastra i . [Extracted from the article]

Reviews the book 'Agrarian Environments: Resources, Representation, and Rule in India,' edited by Arun Agrawal and K. Sivaramakrishnan.

Reviews the book 'Of Myths and Movements: Rewriting Chipko Into Himalayan History,' by Haripriya Rangan.

What follows is a fascinating study of the philological projects of Nilaka ha Dik ita and how the influence of these works permeated all aspects of the Smarta-'Saiva tradition and helped to reify the identity of the community. One of the most interesting and at times perplexing approaches to Fisher's work is her emphasis on the public nature of sectarian theology. Fisher explains that by "public", she refers to the process of theologies leaving the monasteries and temples in order to reify itself in contradistinction to its competitors. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the book "Status and Sacredness: A General Theory of Status Relations and an Analysis of Indian Culture," by Murray Milner Jr.

The article reviews the book "Subject Lessons: The Western Education of Colonial India," by Sanjay Seth.

Reviews the book 'Men to Bombay, Women at Home: Urban Influence on Sugao Village, Deccan Maharashtra, India, 1942-1982,' by Hemalata C. Dandekar.

Reviews the book 'India: A Rising Middle Power,' edited by John W. Mellor, with foreword by Phillips Talbot.

The article reviews the book "In Amma's Healing Room: Gender and Vernacular Islam in South India," by Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger.

The article reviews the book "Nucleus and Nation: Scientists, International Networks, and Power in India," by Robert S. Anderson.

The article reviews the book "The Tropics and the Traveling Gaze: India, Landscape, and Science, 1800-1856," by David Arnold.