Appendix B
Interview

1. Name

2. Father's family: place (state, thikana , or village); genealogy (vamsh, kul, shakh, khamp, nak ); father's title

3. Mother's family (questions as above)

4. Husband's family (questions as above)

5. Birth date

6. Marriage date

7. Education

8. Work experience

9. Introductory questions (open-ended "warm-up" questions)

a. What does it mean to be a Rajput woman? How would you describe a Rajput woman to someone who has never met one?

b. What about Rajput men? What are they like and how would you describe them? These days who keeps up the Rajput traditions: women, men, both?

10. The traditions

a. Kuldevis

1. What do you know about the kuldevi of your father's family? Do you know any stories about her? How is she worshiped? Are there ratijagas ? For what reasons? When and for what reasons is dhok given? Where is she worshiped?

2. What do you know about the kuldevi of your mother's family? (questions as above)

3. What do you know about the kuldevi of your husband's family? (questions as above)

b. Bherus

1. Is there a Bheru Ji worshiped by your father's family? Do you know any stories about him (them)? How is he (are they) wor-

shiped? Is he (are they) connected with ratijagas ? When and why is dhok given? Where is he (are they) worshiped?

2. Is there a Bheru Ji worshiped by your mother's family? (questions as above)

3. Is there a Bheru Ji worshiped by your husband's family? (questions as above)

c. Satimatas

1. Is there a satimata in your father's family? Do you know any stories about her? How is she worshiped? Is she connected with ratijagas ? When and why is dhok given? Are there any shraps associated with this satimata ? What about oks ? Where is she worshiped?

2. Is there a satimata in your mother's family? (questions as above)

3. Is there a satimata in your husband's family? (questions as above)

d. Jhumjhars

1. Is there a jhumjhar in your father's family? Do you know any stories about him (them)? Is he (are they) connected with ratijagas ? When and why is dhok given? Where is he (are they) worshiped?

2. Is there a jhumjhar in your mother's family? (questions as above)

3. Is there a jhumjhar in your husband's family? (questions as above)

e. Purvajs

1. Is there a special purvaj (or are there special purvaj s) worshiped in your father's family? Do you know stories about him (her/them)? Is he (is she/are they) connected with ratijagas ? When and why is dhok given? Where is he (is she/are they) worshiped?

2. Is there a special purvaj (are there special purvaj s) worshiped in your mother's family? (questions as above)

3. Is there a special purvaj (are there special purvaj s) worshiped in your mother's family? (questions as above)

f. Ishtadevtas

1. What is your ishtadevta ? Do you have other ishtadevtas ? If so, who?

2. What is your father's ishtadevta ? Others?

3. What is your mother's ishtadevta ? Others?

4. What is your husband's ishtadevta ? Others?

11. Information on exemplars. Looking back over Rajput history, which women do you think exemplify what it means to be a good Rajput woman? Why were these women great? What was their character like?

12. I understand that unlike other people, Rajputs are allowed to eat meat and drink wine. Do you eat meat? If so, why? If not, why not? Do you drink wine? If so, why? If not, why not?

13. Do you keep any vrat s? Do you keep any weekly ones? Which ones? How about monthly vrat s? Which ones? Annual vrat s? Which ones?

14. General closing questions

a. When you were growing up, who told you stories? What kind of stories? Do you have children? Does anyone tell them stories? What kind of stories?

b. How did you learn to be a good wife? Did anyone teach you at your father's house? What about at your husband's house, did anyone teach you there?

c. Have I left anything out? Are there important parts of your religious tradition that I have left out?

d. Would it be possible to see the mandir s and thapana s of this house (thikana )?