Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Prologue 1
5. 1 First Impressions, and Further 7
6. 2 The Headless Horseman of Central India: Sovereignty at Varying Thresholds of Life 33
7. 3 Mitra-Varuna: State Power and Powerlessness 59
8. 4 The Coarse and the Fine: Contours of a Slow-Moving Crisis 103
9. 5 Contracts, Bonds, and Bonded Labor 118
10. 6 Erotics and Agonistics: Intensities Deeper Than Deep Play 136
11. 7 Divine Migrations: Neighborliness between Humans, Animals, and Gods 164
12. 8 The Waxing and Waning Life of Kalli 197
13. 9 Bansi Mahatmaya (The Greatness of Bansi), an Erotic Ascetic 225
14. 10 Departure, and Marriages and Deaths 264
15. 11 The Quality of Life: A Daemonic View 270
16. Notes 297
17. References 311
18. Index 331