num_pages: 240
description: This book identifies critical moments in contemporary Indian history, such as the Partition of India, the Bhopal industrial disaster, and recent widow deaths. It describes the implications of these events for India and analyzes, through them, the nature of Indian modernity.
language: English
title: Critical Events: An Anthropological Perspective on Contemporary India
titlecomplete: Critical Events: An Anthropological Perspective on Contemporary India (Oxford India Paperbacks)
genres: India, Anthropology
ratings_count: 29
publisher: Oxford University Press