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Who is a Brahmin in Singapore?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2007

ASHVIN PARAMESWARAN  and
RODNEY SEBASTIAN
ASHVIN PARAMESWARAN
Affiliation:
Curtin University of Technology
RODNEY SEBASTIAN
Affiliation:
Curtin University of Technology
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Brahmin identity and community—these are the essentials. Melody cannot be understood except by the notes and spaces that constitute it. So too with the group. To know it, we must understand individuals and their interactions. Failure to do this sacrifices accuracy for simplicity; realities get replaced with poor simulacra of themselves. Consider caste names; are they contested? A common assumption is that they are not.

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Research Article
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Modern Asian Studies , Volume 41 , Issue 2 , March 2007 , pp. 253 - 286
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© 2007 Cambridge University Press