Category: Sociology of India
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Main Features of Caste system
Society’s classification has changed the course of society since ancient times. A caste system’s characteristics include a sense of superiority and inferiority among people of different classes. The caste system effect was so influential that its traces are still found at some corners, up to some extent. Many references emphasize the importance of being at…
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M.N.Srinivas Biography and Contribution to indian sociology
M.N Srinivas full name Mysore Narasimhachar Srinivas. He was born in 1916 in Mysore and passed away in 1999 in Bangalore. He was one of the best Indian sociologists. He was a Brahmin. His studies are prominent in the area of caste and its other classifications, Sanskritization and many other topics that revolve around caste…
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Yogendra Singh Biography and his Contribution to Indian Sociology
Indian Sociologist Yogendra Singh is the founder of the Centre for the study of social systems. He is also a professor of Sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi he is a professor since 1971. On 2nd November 1932 in Jamindar family in Basti district, Uttar Pradesh he took birth. He acquired Masters and…
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Louis dumont Biography and Contributions
Louis Dumont was a French anthropologist, sociologist, and Indologist who was an outstanding person in the field of sociology and anthropology. He was determined and debated on India and the West. He studied different societies and did an inter-civilizational comparison. His father was an engineer and his grandfather was a painter. He acquired traits from…
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Akshay Ramanlal Desai : Biography and Contributions
In 1915 April 16 Akshay Ramanlal Desai was born living life from 1915-1994 in Nadiad in Gujarat and took his last breath on November 12, 1994, in Baroda, Gujarat. His father RamanlalVasantlal Desai, inspired many youngsters as he was a well-known literature. Akshay Ramanlal Desai also took parts in many movements of students in Baroda,…
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What is Dominant Caste: Factors and Functions
What is Dominant Caste? In a society where stratification is present at a vast level, there is some certain pattern in which each caste is at some greater position. Dominant means holding superiority in a group by any means. M.N Srinivas has been one of the researchers in the field of dominant caste in any…
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Concept of Marriage and Migration/Immigration
Discussing migration in terms of marriage is related to women majorly for it is the women who migrate. Indian families are extremely patriarchal and thus the process involved is also strict. The marriage can be categorized on two principles- endogamy of the particular class of people and exogamy between two villages. The concept of marriage…