Uncover how innovation fuels profound social change across South Asia, transforming deeply rooted hierarchies. This insightful work examines critical case studies from India and Bangladesh, exploring how advancements like the printing press, mobile telephony, and microcredit intersect with cultural values, gender dynamics, and kinship. Understand the complex, often unpredictable, sociocultural repercussions that arise when new ideas challenge established social systems. Essential for students, researchers, and policy-makers focused on India’s societal evolution, this book provides crucial perspectives on how social hierarchies shape and are shaped by innovation’s impact.