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Fierce Gods: Inequality, Ritual, and the Politics of Dignity in a South Indian Village Category: Ethnography and Areal Anthologies Fierce Gods: Inequality, Ritual, and the

Popular Culture by John Weaver Publisher Peter Lang 2009 Reviewed by Dr Mahendra Kumar Mishra The Peter Lang publication entitled Popular Culture PRIMER written by

Stories about Posts: Vedic Variations Around the Hindu Goddess By Madeleine Biardeau. Translated by Alf Hiltebeitel, Marie-Louise Reiniche, and James Walker. Edited by Alf Hiltebeitel

Translated by Dawood Auleear and Lee Haring. Edited by Dawood Auleear and Lee Haring. 2006. Nungambakkam: National Folklore Support Centre. 116 pages. ISBN: 81-901481-7-6 (soft

Seditious Histories: Contesting Thai and Southeast Asian Pasts By Craig J. Reynolds. 2006. Seattle: University of Washington Press. 376 pages. ISBN: 0-295-98610-7 (softcover). Reviewed by