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Malavika Karlekar
THE HINDU HEARTH AND HOME by R.S. Khare Vikas, New Delhi, 1976, 313 pp., 60.00
October 1976, volume 1, No 4

One of the chief manifestations of the Hindu preoccupation with purity and pollution is in rela- tion to food and its preparation. This is particular­ly the case with the orthodox among the higher castes. R.S. Khare in his detailed study of the eating habits of nine selected caste groups in the Lucknow-Baiswara area of Uttar Pradesh confirms that despite urbanization and the breakdown of the traditional joint family, a substantial percentage of his respondents were indeed deeply concerned with the ritualization of the eating process.

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