Privatization: In the year 1991, India faced the most terrific calamity, a financial crisis. The Public Sector Undertakings were under losses and that became the reason behind the birth of LPG (Liberalization, Privatization, and Globalization). What do you mean by privatization? Privatization is simply the contracting of the business agencies, enterprises, or industries from government … Read more
The caste system of India is one of the main historical dimensions which attempts to distinguish and differentiate people on the basis of their religion, sect, occupation, language, and lifestyle. Although the caste system differentiated in each and every Indian society, not incentivizing to give rise to integration among the masses, it apparently overlapped resulting … Read more
A journalist, by definition, is a person who writes news stories or a person who stands in front of the camera to disseminate the current affairs of a particular region. The nation is strengthened by challenging power and questioning authority, which is the basic role of the journalists in a democracy. One of the most … Read more
If we look back into history, we see Dalits as non-contributing beings and victims of society. However, reality lies even beyond the making of history. To understand reality and the concerns of Dalits, One needs to understand; that they not only questioned the oppression but tried to bring a change in society. A society in … Read more
Synopsis: Inter-caste and interreligious marriages in India, although have been a subject of academic discussion, especially in social sciences, account for a diminishing percentage of all marriages in India. Religious and caste-based atrocities serve as the most important reason behind such statistics. Hence, this article will focus on the aspects of marital democracy in India … Read more
Famous Dalit Personalities in India: There is a misconception that Dalit is the name of a community. But in reality, Dalit is neither a caste nor a community, it is a Sanskrit word that means “oppressed” or “scattered”. To understand who a Dalit is, it is better to start with knowing the Hindu beliefs. Hindus … Read more
Synopsis: Nature and Capitalism are in an enduring conflict as we witness the exploitation of labour and natural resources simultaneously – clearing of forests because of large scale corporatisation and destructiveness disguised as development. Ecological Marxism is a subfield of Sociology which seeks to study the dialectics of nature from a Marxian perspective and challenges … Read more
