000			01791 a2200181 4500
020			_a8170173116
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a891.1 _bH117d
100			_aHadi, Nabi
245			_aDictionary of Indo-Persian literature _cNabi Hadi
260			_bAbhinav Publications _c1995 _aNew Delhi
300			_axiii, 757p
505			_aLakshadweep, a group of coral islands in the Arabian Sea off the Malabar Coast, is a centrally administered territory consisting of three distinct units Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi. Amini is the largest island of the Amindivi unit. The islanders have three caste - like groups - the aristocratic Koya, the sea faring Malmi and the praedial slaves Melacheri consisting of the descendants of migrants from the mainland. This island society exhibits a unique blend of matrilineal principles and Islamic regulations. This can be seen in their institutions of Taravad, Karanavan and duo - local marriage on the one hand and in the observance of Islamic prescriptions in regard to the performance of duties by fathers and husbands on occasions like birth, circumcisions, marriage and divorce and in the operation of the laws of property and inheritance on the other. The historical and socio - economic processes through which their social structure evolved, the constraints under which it functions today, the struggle of the Melacheri to shake off the yoke of the Koya, the role of Islam and the impact of government sponsored programmes form the subject matter of this fascinating study. A part from describing an unusual form of social organization, this book presents a significant microscopic picture of the processes of change in the island society.
650			_aDictionary
650			_aIndo-Persian literature
942			_cBK
999			_c558259 _d558259