Intensive studies of individual tribes are very important and I think ASI (ie. the Anthropological Survey of India) will always help scholars studyin… - M. N. Srinivas

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Intensive studies of individual tribes are very important and I think ASI (ie. the Anthropological Survey of India) will always help scholars studying tribal society in different parts of the country. We should not leave the study of Nadars of Tamil Nadu or Patidars of Gujarat to foreign scholars. We should study them ourselves. This is very very necessary particularly because their intellectual and political perspectives are different from our own.