This work focuses on how the large, amorphous and impersonal Indian State affects the everyday lives of its citizens. It argues that state and society merge in

Police Matters moves beyond the city to examine the intertwined nature of police and caste in the Tamil countryside. Radha Kumar argues that the colonial police

Today there are more states controlling more people than at any other point in history. We live in a world shaped by the authority of the state. Yet the complex

It has long been contended that the Indian Constitution of 1950, a document in English created by elite consensus, has had little influence on India’s greater

The phenomenon of caste has probably aroused more controversy than any other aspect of Indian life and thought. Susan Bayly's cogent and sophisticated analysis