"| want to assert this because nowadays under the influence of some theory of the other from the west we forget our basic task, which is to record the life of our people as truthfully, as honestly, as we can do."
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M. N. Srinivas 1992; 4 quoted in Chakrabarti, D. K., 1997. Colonial Indology: Sociopolitics of the Ancient Indian Past. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.,5
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M. N. Srinivas
Mysore Narasimhachar Srinivas (16 November 1916 – 30 November 1999) was an Indian sociologist and social anthropologist.
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