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Water technology:

and environment, 240 ;

and riots, 220 –23

Weavers:

and use of Ansari, Julaha^[*] , 153 ;

civic participation, 13 ;

degree of independence, 152 ;

and depression or other market slumps, 149 –50, 225 ;

environment and other material processes, 126 , 154 –55;

handloom industry, 126 –28;

and house tax riot, 211 –12;

and multiple identities, 147 ;

political economy of, 13 –15;

relationship to Rajputs, 212 .

See also Artisans; Lower class

Western science, 241 , 247

Women:

and biraha^[*] , 105 ;

gender as community, 118 ;

and katha^[*] , 56 ;

and neighborhood shrines, 142 ;

and Parsi theatre, 76 ;

in popular culture, 119 ;

and Svang^[*] , 71

Worship:

images, 133 ;

petitions, 142 –43.

See also Akharas^[*] ; Shrines; Shringars^[*]

Wrestling, Yadavs^[*] participating in, 136 . See also Akharas