What doesD.P. Mukerji mean by a `living tradition’? Why did he insistthat Indian sociologists be rooted in this tradition?

By ‘livingtradition’, D.P. Mukerji means that the traditions were notonly formed in the past but also kept on changing with the presentand evolved over time. It manages to retain basic elements from thepast. He insisted that Indian sociologists be rooted in thistradition because an Indian sociologist should be an Indian first,which means that he/she should understand his/her social systemfirst.