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How Dalits Have Changed the Mood at Hindu Funerals: A View from South India

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Clark-Decès, I. How Dalits Have Changed the Mood at Hindu Funerals: A View from South India. Hindu Studies 10, 257–269 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11407-007-9032-x

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