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Why India votes - Mukulika banerjee Attempting a national picture of the Indian electorate, this book is based on a comprehensive and comparative ethnographic exploration conducted across India to probe and explain the motivations of ordinary voters. Examining in detail what people think about politicians, the electoral process, democracy and their own role within it, it marks an innovation in anthropological research. Why India Votes? (Routledge 2014), the outcome of a major ESRC Grant, broke several new grounds both conceptually and methodologically: it examined the reasons why despite varying odds, India’s voter graph continues to rise, making India the largest electoral democracy in the world. Voters across 13 states were asked the same set of questions, and their responses compared and woven into a socio-politico-anthropological narrative on the sacredness of participative political behaviour in a country marred by extreme income inequality, skewed access to resources, and dystopi...

  Dr.V Swaminatha iyer      Uttamadhanapuram Venkatasubbaiyer Swaminatha Iyer (19 February 1855 – 28 April 1942),He born in the village of Suriyamoolai near Kumbakonam in present-day Tamil Nadu and he was a Tamil scholar and researcher who was instrumental in bringing many long-forgotten works of classical Tamil literature to light. His singular efforts over five decades brought to light major literary works in Tamil and contributed vastly to the enrichment of its literary heritage. Iyer published over 90 books in his lifetime, on a variety of matters connected to classical Tamil literature, and collected over 3,000 paper manuscripts, palm-leaf manuscripts and notes of various kinds.He is affectionately called Tamil Thatha (literally, "Tamil grandfather"). The honorary doctoral degree (D.Litt.) was conferred on Iyer by the University of Madras in 1906. In recognition of his outstanding literary accomplishments and contributions, he was also honoured with the title, M...