Identify the author who said the following about 'joint family', "the expression joint family is not the translation of any Indian word like that".
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → I.P. Desai
NCERT (2025-26): “3.3 Family and Kinship … The extended family often is seen as symptomatic of India. Yet this is by no means the dominant form now or earlier. It was confined to certain sections and certain regions of the community. Indeed the term ‘joint family’ itself is not a native category. As I.P. Desai observes, ‘The expression ‘joint family’ is not the translation of any Indian word like that. It is interesting to note that the words used for joint family in most of the Indian languages are the equivalents of translations of the English word ‘joint family’.’ (Desai 1964:40)” |