An Anthropological Perspective on Indian Society

N. Sudhakar Rao is a retired professor at the University of Hyderabad, India. He holds two Master’s degrees—one in Social Anthropology and another in English Literature—from Sri Venkateswara University (SVU), India. Additionally, he earned his MA and PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Rochester in the USA. During his nineteen-year teaching career, he has taught undergraduate, master’s, and MPhil programs. Rao has conducted twenty-four in-house and funded research projects as a researcher and university teacher. His research interests include South Asian social systems, power and resistance, ideology, religion, and communication. He has published eight books—two authored, one co-authored, and five co-edited—as well as approximately forty research papers in reputable academic journals such as Human Organization, Contributions to Indian Sociology, Sociological Bulletin, Eastern Anthropologist, and Economic and Political Weekly. He has also contributed chapters to various edited volumes.