Satendra Kumar. Badalta Gaon, Badalta Dehat: Nayi Samajikta ka Uday (बदलता गाँव

Abstract

With Badalta Gaon, Badalta Dehat (Changing Villages and Rural Society), Oxford University Press has dared to publish a book in Hindi which provides valuable insights and takes on dominant power structures in present India. This work, based on ethnography, is a serious attempt to understand rural India in general and rural Uttar Pradesh (UP) in particular. Kumar is sensitive to the plight of Muslims, and is a keen observer of environmental deterioration. The main argument of the book is that i...