Category: Sociology of India

  • 6 Major Social Issues in India: Causes and Measures

    India suffers from a host of social issues ranging from poverty to gendered violence. This article covers the concept of social issues and highlights the different experiences of rural and urban sectors. Further, it studies six important social issues namely poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, the caste system, gendered violence and communalism by analyzing their causes and…

  • Analysis of the documentary ‘India Untouched’

    Analysis of the documentary ‘India Untouched’ through the lens of identity and development by bringing in issues related to caste, gender and race. Relationship between caste and development I would in this essay focus upon the link between caste and development in the urban spaces through the documentary, India Untouched. In documentary India Untouched, it…

  • 3 Famous Books of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar

      Dr Ambedkar wrote books about various topics but most were based on the caste system and Dalits. Let’s throw light on some of his most important work. Bhim Rao Ambedkar famously known as Babasaheb Ambedkar was an economist, jurist, politician, and activist who fought against social inequality that existed in India particularly towards the…

  • India’s Obsession With Virgin Brides

    What is the first thing that comes to your mind upon hearing the word virginity? Is it Purity? Honor? Maidenhood? Virginity refers to any person who has never participated in sexual intercourse. But thoughts of purity and honor are only associated with women. We have all heard the virginity jokes comparing potential brides who are…

  • What is Urbanisation and Urban Problems in India

    In the last decade saw more than half the world population becoming urbanised and India is the rate of urbanisation is growing at a rapid rate. Over the last 17 years, the urban population in India has been growing by 5.4% and in the year, 2030 more than 41% of the Indian population is expected…

  • Ideological similarities and differences between Gandhi and Ambedkar

    Read this article to learn, ideological similarities and differences between Gandhi and Ambedkar! Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi considered the ‘Father of the Nation’, is renowned as the leader of the nationalist movement against British rule in India. He is very eminent for his doctrine of Satyagraha (non-violent protest). On the other hand is Dr.B.R.Ambedkar, the architect…

  • Backward Classes and Dalit Movements in India (Summary)

    Historically speaking, India is of those countries where there is a maximum number of downtrodden sections. The idea of education especially western education was made compulsory for superior classes only. Moreover, lower castes were detached from every cultural and religious activity. M.N. Srinivas described that more Sanskritization was not adequate for the lower classes. Therefore,…