Encountering Privilege: Accessing the World of the Middle Class in Shimla

This fieldwork reflection is on the methodological concerns in accessing privileged groups, including mistrust, time constraints, and the researcher’s ambiguous caste identity. In a caste society, navigating your caste identity with sensitivity is a crucial and essential component of doing fieldwork as a researcher.

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