Dennis McGilvray is an Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado at Boulder. He is the author of TAMIL AND MUSLIM IDENTITIES IN THE EAST (Marga, 2001); SYMBOLIC HEAT: GENDER, HEALTH & WORSHIP AMONG THE TAMILS OF SOUTH INDIA AND SRI LANKA (Mapin Pub. in association with University of Colorado Museum, Boulder; Grantha Corp., 1998). He edited CASTE IDEOLOGY AND INTERACTION (Cambridge, 1982).