Project Gutenberg 2011-10-11 Public domain in the USA. 271 Sivachandra Vasu Bose, Shib Chunder Vasu, Sivachandra 38014065 The Hindoos as They Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal Produced by Steven Gibbs, Julia Neufeld and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Hindoos as They Are" by Shib Chunder Bose is a descriptive account of the manners, customs, and inner life of Hindoo society in Bengal, written in the late 19th century. The work aims to provide a faithful representation of contemporary Hindoo life, particularly its social and religious practices, through the lens of an enlightened Bengali author influenced by Western thought and culture. The opening of the work begins with a prefatory note that establishes the importance of its content and outlines the author's qualifications. Shib Chunder Bose expresses the intention to depict the domestic and social economy of Hindoo society, emphasizing the role of the household as central to understanding its culture. He sets the stage by addressing the intricacies of the Hindoo household, starting with the male head of the family and detailing the roles of various family members, particularly wives and children, and the traditional patriarchal dynamics that govern relationships within the household. The themes underscored in this introduction include the challenges of tradition in modern contexts, gender roles, family dynamics, and the social obligations that shape Hindoo identity in the face of change. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 50.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en India -- Social life and customs Women -- India Hindus DS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Category: History - Other Category: Religion/Spirituality Category: Sociology 736159 2025-06-15T10:58:09.001285 text/html 740315 2011-10-11T14:17:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 273270 2011-10-11T14:17:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 361291 2025-06-15T10:58:22.038215 application/epub+zip 370667 2025-06-15T10:58:13.049318 application/epub+zip 368035 2025-06-15T10:58:11.111330 application/epub+zip 641332 2025-06-15T10:58:28.593195 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 586194 2025-06-15T10:58:20.700285 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 571185 2022-09-17T09:27:31.448506 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 665336 2025-06-15T10:58:07.794296 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 664933 2011-10-11T14:17:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 257329 2011-10-11T14:17:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 664929 2011-10-11T14:17:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 256943 2011-10-11T14:17:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20730 2025-06-15T10:58:28.776190 application/rdf+xml 13061 2025-06-15T10:58:11.967266 image/jpeg 3706 2025-06-15T10:58:11.664309 image/jpeg 340794 2025-06-15T10:58:09.062326 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia