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Has nuclear family existed in traditional India ? Discuss with reference to the views of I. P. Desai.

  • UPSC 2012
  • Systems of Kinship in India

Yes — and the interesting point is why the opposite was believed for so long. The question is less about history than about measurement: what counts as evidence of jointness. I. P. Desai's Some Aspects of Family in Mahuva (1964) changed the measure, and with it the answer.

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  • The received view and where it came from
  • I. P. Desai at Mahuva: a different yardstick
  • Why the received view looked true
  • Conclusion

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