Category: Indian Society
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NEGOTIATIONS WITH PATRIARCHY IN CHANGING SPACES
I was born in Sidhpura, Kasganj, a small town in Uttar Pradesh. Every community lives in harmony in this town, but most of the population is inhabited by the Baniya community. According to the Varna System, Hindu society is divided into four varnas that are, Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaisya, Shudra, and those who do not come…
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Irawati Karve: The Woman Who Studied India’s Soul Through Caste, Kinship, and Culture
She was India’s first woman anthropologist whose career started when disciplines of sociology and anthropology were still developing as university disciplines. She was the founder of anthropology at Pune University. She had been a writer and essayist; a translator of feminist poems and an Indologist. She had worked in times when institutionalisation of the subjects…
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Humanism, Nationalism, and Cultural Evolution: The Interplay of Western Influence and Indian Identity
Despite despair all around the world, the evidence of humanity advancing is more evident in the present than ever. However, counter-forces still exists. The evil forces of certain political systems such as imperialism and fascism and economic systems of capital-based financing are not dead yet. Due to man’s craving for power, violence and exploitation are…
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Educated Indians on Caste and Reservations
Some educated Indians want to end caste-based reservations, believing they cause division, but they still identify with their caste. This clearly shows the cultural and social attachments to caste that influence their views on education and equality. The Indian caste system is a traditional social hierarchy system that divides individuals into various groups according to…
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D.P MUKHERJI & MIDDLE CLASS IN INDIA
Dhurjati Prasad Mukerji was considered as one of the founding fathers of Indian sociology. He had worked intensively on the middle class of Indian society. He had witnessed different phases and changes in the society due to different nationalist movements. He had crucially worked upon middle class character and its role and its position in…
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Stirring the Pot of Women’s Subordination: Women, food and patriarchy
‘Maa ke haath ka khana’ (food cooked by mother) is a statement of utmost sentimental value in Indian culture and a source of exhibiting love and affection. This emotional connection between mother and food can be argued to have a patriarchal aspect. Similarly, one can analyze the same about the tradition of ‘Pehli rasoi’ (first…