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Do you agree with the view of Andre Beteille that India’s villages are representative of Indian society’s basic civilizational values? Present a sociological overview.

  • UPSC 2023
  • Rural and Agrarian Social Structure

André Béteille wrote that the village "was not merely a place where people lived; it had a design in which were reflected the basic values of Indian civilisation" (The Indian Village: Past and Present, 1980). Read carefully this is a claim about institutional design, not a nationalist tribute. I agree with it in that structural…

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