Becoming Agarwal: The Manufacture of a Close-Knit Mercantile Caste
Talks & LecturesFree
Not booking yet?
We'll email you a reminder before it starts (Thu 22 Oct, 5:15 pm). Just the one email.
About
Becoming Agarwal examines how a dominant mercantile caste reproduces itself as a cohesive and influential elite in contemporary urban India. Drawing on ninety-one interviews, long-term ethnographic fieldwork in Delhi and community archives, the book traces the gendered and generational labour that sustains caste privilege and kinship unity across class fractions. It shows how marriage choices, family expectations…
Venue
Event details come from third-party sources and can change. Always confirm with the venue or organiser before travelling. We do not sell tickets. Content removal
