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from the very people and traditions that inform attitudes, values, norms and actions
in everyday life? We ought to be able to map out a path for South Asian sociology

and anthropology or rather South Asian Sociology that is relevant, applicable,
rooted, and cutting edge. Without doubt, constructing alternative knowledge from

the ashes of old sociology and anthropology and drawing from the local intellectual,
philosophical, and cultural traditions are the urgently required tasks for re-imagining

sociology and anthropology in South Asia.

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