| Books: |
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| In preparation | Indian Arts for Indian Children |
| In preparation | The Family-School Relationship & the Failure of Indian Education |
| 1988 | The Artisans of Banaras: Popular Culture and Identity, 1880-1986. Princeton: Princeton University Press |
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| Articles and Chapters: |
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| Forthcoming | "The Ramlila Project: Indian Identities in an Age of Globalization." In William Ascher and John Heffron, ed. Change and Persistence in a Globalizing Society: The Case of Asia and the Pacific. |
| 2008 | "The Space of the Child." In Martin Gaenszle and Jorg Gengnagel, ed. Visualizing Space in Banaras: Images, Maps, and the Practice of Representation. Delhi: Oxford University Press |
| 2006 | The Scholar and her Servants: Towards a Postcolonial Anthropology". India Review |
| 2006 | "Provincialism in Modern India: the Multiple Narratives of Education and their Pain". Modern Asian Studies |
| 2004 | "Seasonality and Love for Indians in a Global Era" in Kalyan Krishna, ed., volume in honour of Professor Anand Krishna |
| 2003 | "Calcutta" in Encyclopaedia of Urbanism and Urban Cultures |
| 2003 | "Consumption and Lifestyle" in The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology, eds., Veena Das, T.N. Madan, and Andre Beteille |
| 2003 | "The Ganga at Banaras" in Amita Bavaskar, ed. Waterlines: the Penguin Anthology of River Writings. Penguin |
| 2001 | "Children and the Partition: History for Citizenship" in Suvir Kaul, ed. The Partitions of Memory. Delhi: Permanent Black |
| 1995 | "The Many Faces of the Modern in Banaras" in P. Kaarsholm, ed., From Post-Traditional to Post-modern. Roskilde University: Occasional paper no 14 |
| 1994 | "Class and Gender Politics in the Ramlila" in William Sax, ed., The Play of the Gods. New York: Oxford University Press |
| 1993 | "Patronage, Identity and Culture Change" in Rana Singh, ed., Banaras: Cosmic Order, Sacred City, Hindu Traditions. Varanasi: Tara Book Agency |
| 1992 | "Class and Gender Politics in the Ramlila" IESHR |
| 1991 | "Urban Culture in India: the World of the Lower Classes" in Indu Banga, ed., The City in Indian History. Delhi: Manohar |
| 1990 | "The 'Truth' about Muslims in Banaras: an Exploration in Social Curricula and Popular Lore". Social Analysis |
| 1989 | "Work and Leisure in the Formation of Identity: Muslim Weavers in a Hindu City" in S. Freitag, ed., Culture and Power in Banaras. Berkeley: University of California Press |
| 1989 | "Labour, Capital, and the Congress: the Delhi Cloth Mills, 1928-38". IESHR |
| 1987 | "The Mazars of Banaras: a New Perspective on the City's sacred Geography". The National Geographical Journal of India 33, no 3 |
| 1986 | "Open Space and Free Time: Pleasure for the People of Banaras". Contributions to Indian Sociology |
| 1986 | "Patronage, Identity and Culture Change: Five Melas of Banaras" in T.K.Verma, ed., Varanasi Through the Ages. Varanasi: Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan Samiti |
