Indian Culture

The primary author of this profile was Chara Scroope (2018).

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• Chatterjee, D. (2020). Dalits and religion: Anti-caste movements in India. In Routledge Handbook of South Asian Religions (pp. 225–238). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429054853-17
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• Dundas, P., Shah, U. P., & Strohl, G. R. (2016). Jainism. In Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Jainism
• Geary, D., & Mukherjee, S. (2017). Buddhism in Contemporary India. In M. Jerryson (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Buddhism (pp. 36–60). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199362387.013.47
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• Jacobsen, K. A. (Ed.). (2016). Routledge Handbook of Contemporary India. Routledge.
• Jacobson, D. (2004). Indian Society and Ways of Living. http://asiasociety.org/education/indian-society-and-ways-living
• Lewis, R. D. (2006). When Cultures Collide: Leading Across Cultures (3rd ed.). Nicholas Brealey Publishing.
• Madan, T. N. (2018). Caste. In Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/caste-social-differentiation
• McLeod, W. H. (2016). Sikhism. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sikhism
• Medora, N. P. (2002). India—Caste System, Family Life And Family Values, Mate Selection And Marriage, Dowry System, Status Of Single And Divorced Persons In India. In Marriage and Family Encyclopedia. Web Solutions LLC. https://family.jrank.org/pages/864/India.html
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• Office of the Registrar General India. (2021). Census Tables. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/census-tables
• Paranjape, M. R. (2012). Making India: Colonialism, National Culture, and the Afterlife of Indian English Authority. Springer Dordrecht.
• ProQuest. (2017). Republic of India. ProQuest & Brigham Young University. https://proquest.libguides.com/culturegrams
• Reynolds, F. E., Snellgrove, D. L., Kitagawa, J. M., Nakamura, H., Lopez, D. S., & Tucci, G. (2018). Buddhism. In Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Buddhism/
• Sengupta, S. (2016, March 19). The End of Karma: Hope and Fury Among India’s Young. http://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21694984-indias-youth-are-trading-fatalism-and-karma-free-willand-higher
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• Transparency International. (2024). Corruption Perceptions Index 2023 (Annual CPI Report). https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2023
• United Kingdom Government. (2006). A Guide to Names and Naming Practices. https://www.fbiic.gov/public/2008/nov/Naming_practice_guide_UK_2006.pdf
• Woodhead, L., Partridge, C., & Kawanami, H. (Eds.). (2016). Religions in the Modern World: Traditions and Transformations (3rd ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315694443