Mysuru: Mysuru Book Clubs - 2015 has organised a talk on “The Life and Times of M. N. Srinivas” by David Gellner, Professor of Social Anthropology at University of Oxford, tomorrow (Dec. 17) at 5.30 pm at Roopa Elite, No. D-29, 6th Main Road, V.V. Mohalla.
Profile: Mysore Narasimhachar Srinivas (M.N. Srinivas), a Social Anthropologist, was well-known for his body of work on caste systems and caste as a social institution. His connection with South India is seen in the extensive fieldwork he did in Coorg (Kodagu) and his study of the different castes in that hilly district.
