List of Illustrations * Preface * Notes on Contributors * 1. Introduction: The Professionalization of Indian Anthropology and Sociology: People, Places and Institutions * Patricia Uberoi, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, Satish Deshpande, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University and Nandini Sundar, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University * 2. Anthropology as 'Ananthropology': L.K. Ananthakrishna Iyer (18611937), Colonial Anthropology, and the 'Native Anthropologist' as Pioneer * Kalpana Ram, Macquarie University, Sydney * 3. The Nationalist Sociology of Benoy Kumar Sarkar * Roma Chatterji, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University * 4. Recasting the Oraons and the 'Tribe': Sarat Chandra Roy's Anthropology * Sangeeta Dasgupta, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan * 5. Patrick Geddes: Sociologist, Environmentalist and Town Planner * Indra Munshi, University of Mumbai * 6.

The Idea of Indian Society: G.S. Ghurye and the Making of Indian Sociology * Carol Upadhya, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore * 7. Search for Synthesis: The Sociology of D.P. Mukerji * T. N. Madan, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi * 8.

The Anthropologist as 'Scientist'? Nirmal Kumar Bose * Pradip Kumar Bose, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta * 9. Between Anthropology and Literature: The Ethnographies of Verrier Elwin * Ramachandra Guha, Independent Scholar, Bangalore * 10. In the Cause of Anthropology: The Life and Work of Irawati Karve * Nandini Sundar, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University * 11. Towards a Praxiological Understanding of Indian Society: The Sociology of A.R. Desai * Sujata Patel, University of Pune * 12. Ties that Bind: Tribe, Village, Nation and S. C.

Dube * Saurabh Dube,. Center for Asian and African Studies at El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City * 13. Fashioning a Postcolonial Discipline: M. N. Srinivas and Indian Sociology * Satish Deshpande, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University * Index *.