Author: Sociology Group

  • Ranganayakamma feminist-Marxist writer: Biography and Books

    Ranganayakamma is a famous Telugu Feminist-Marxist novelist and short story writer. She has penned about 15 novels and 70 stories to date. She also wrote many essays. She is very well-known for her version of Ramayana that she wrote in Telugu. She has been writing since 1955. Her stories emphasize the equality of women and…

  • How to Prepare Current Affairs for Sociology Optional

    Current Affairs for Sociology Optional: Gone are the days when we work hard to cram bookish knowledge. The study of practical events through given theoretical pieces of evidence is called a perfect study. These days many people are taking Sociology as their optional in UPSC mains. But they lack in many areas with their strategies…

  • Kancha Ilaiah: Biography, Works, Books, and Criticism

    Dalit rights activist Kancha Ilaiah is an Indian writer who was born on 5th October in 1952 in Papaiahpeta (now in the Warangal district of Telangana) in the erstwhile Hyderabad state. He writes in English as well as in Telugu. Also, he played a major role in the movement against the caste system that prevailed…

  • 10 Best Books for Environmental Sociology Students

    Reading books is an innovative investment. It boosts memory and imagination power of every individual. Sources like watching videos or audiobooks help but these do not widen our horizon. Books related to the environment must be read because usually this area is ignored and understood only as a theoretical curriculum of schools. In this epoch,…

  • What is Personality – Definition, Meaning, Types of Personality, Factors

    “Personality” always directs the mind, towards the physical appearance of an individual. Here we are talking about something which covers not only physical but also mental and psychological aspects, something which presents you in front of the community and society. The judgment of an individual, by society, is based on its personality, so it is…

  • Manuel Castells: Information age, Works, Books, Awards

    Manuel Castells was born in Spain in 1942, studied law and economics and completed in Ph.D. in sociology. His area of research was information processing. During 1968, Paris was an international center of Marxist controversy. He finished his first dissertation and was appointed as a professor in Paris at Nanterre. Castells took active participation in…

  • The Communist Manifesto: by Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx ( Summary )

    In a world full of opinions and choices, there are many books, journals, magazines, notes, letters, and so on that fulfil the ideology of a particular section of people. But, when speaking about the view of the classification of society into rich and poor, we would probably remember the most important modern political thinker Karl…