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India's Sub-cultures

I am expanding our coverage of India's sub-cultures. These are subtle topics that require some basic understanding of India. For instance, people reading Indian news often run into a word often spelled as mutt, mutha, math, mutha -- that has no equivalent in Western culture. While editing Kamat's Potpourri we roughly approximate the term as monastery, but the institution of mutha is quite unique to India, and plays a very important role in social decision making. I am also starting a new list of Campus Slangs commonly used. While they are cute, if you don't understand them, you might mistake them! India's Subtle Subcultures -- Discussions on delicate topics deeply embedded in Indian culture, covering topics such as dowry, caste, and mangalya (good luck). (Comments Disabled for Now. Sorry!) First Written: Monday, November 6, 2006 Last Modified: 11/6/2006 10:46:43 AM

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