Blog: Field Notes from South India

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June 21, 2011 · 4:20 PM EDT
  • By Alex Gallafent

India woman praying - Claude Renault

Gandhi believed that the village ought always to remain central in Indian life, that it was the indispensable social unit for the country [...]
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