Category: Basic Concepts

  • Ethnography: Methods, Types, Importance, Limitations, Examples

    Ethnography is a descriptive study of a certain human culture or the process of conducting such a study.  It is a  qualitative data collection approach commonly employed in the social and behavioural sciences. The term “ethnography” comes from the Greek words “ethnos” (which means “people” or “nation) and “grapho” (which means “I write”). A very…

  • 10 BEST IAS INTERVIEW QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

    10 questions asked in the interview of IAS IAS is such a word that gives goosebumps on only being spelled on the body of a civil aspirant. It is a post on which, it is believed,  the man with the best intellectual in a whole state is posted. Any such civil aspirant keeping a desire…

  • Anthropology : Meaning, Definition, Introduction, Branches & Examples

    The term “Anthropology” is derived from two Greek words, anthropos meaning human and logos meaning study. So, in the simplest terms, Anthropology is the study of human beings.  An anthropologist tries to study and understand everything that can be related to humans and not limited by time and space. Thus, Anthropology can be defined as…

  • Impact of Movies on People – an account of public and culture

    Impact of Movies on People – an account of public and culture Public and popular culture has profoundly created a whole new space in modern India. It engages transformation of the media and creation of wireless and electronic media along with entertainment which includes films, Bollywood movies, Tamil movies, short films, reality shows, etc. Movies…

  • What is the Term Morality Means ?

    What is the term “Morality” means?The morality of a  person decides for him, his good actions and bad actions: morality can be explained as a set of instructions or a set of good manners which a man should follow and a set of bad or restricted actions which must be avoided by him in order…

  • Dalit Women Talk Differently – A Critique of Difference and Towards a Dalit Feminist Standpoint Position (Summary)

    DALIT  WOMEN TALK DIFFERENTLY –A Critique of ‘Difference’ and Towards a Dalit Feminist  Standpoint Position   There has always been a dichotomy between the western feminist and that of the Indian feminist thought context, this is partly because of the different situations and consequences of the particular space and time which shifts from one period…

  • When did fighting for equality became an overreaction?

    “Hype Of Feminism?” Back in school days, I was not even aware of something called Feminism. Neither any of my friends did, However, when I joined a feminist organization as an intern, I was surprised. Not because I got to know something different but due to the fact that anything so fundamental needs to be…