Tamil Brahmans: The Making of a Middle-Class Caste

"An impressive biography. . . . [A] standard reference in the scholarship of Tamil Nadu and the conundrum of caste and class." —American Anthropologist

A cruise along the streets of Chennai—or Silicon Valley—filled with professional young Indian men and women, reveals the new face of India. In the twenty-first century, Indians have acquired a global visibility of rapid economic advancement and prowess in the information technology industry. C. J. Fuller and Haripriya Narasimhan examine one ...