Author: Kiran
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Privatization: Meaning, Advantages and Disadvantages
After independence, India is famous for its Non-Alignment Movement. We did not gather the courage to interfere in worldly affairs and remain neutral. This conservatism is causing a slow down in the economy. Then during the 1990s when India adopted Liberalization, Privatization, and globalization, popularly known as LPG policy, it started surpassing in many sectors….
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Anthropology Optional: Everything You Need to Know
Anthropology Optional is becoming a popular choice for aspirants especially students from a science background. The preference increases because of its scoring capacities. There are strategies for every subject to complete all topics. It varies from person to person. It has vast spheres as it includes domains like arts, humanities, science, and social sciences and…
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MN Srinivas views on religion and society among Coorgs
Mysore Narasimachar Srinivas was born in 1916 in Mysore. He belonged to a Brahmin Family and studied various areas like caste, society, religion and so on. He brought up various ideas related to sociology. He published a book called ‘Religion and Society among the Coorgs of South India’. It put forward a new approach to…
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Sylvia Walby views on Patriarchy
The core emphasis of every feminist is on patriarchy to understand the structure of a society. With a motto called ‘personal is political’, every feminist thinker wants to show certain evil practices into the public domain which were justified earlier. Sylvia Walby has a very great influence on smashing certain norms of patriarchy. The idea…
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The Theory of Demographic Transition 5 Stages
The theory of Demographic Transition has multiple versions and it is also known as population stages or population cycle. Earlier it had 3 stages that were propounded by W.S. Thomson and F.W. Notestein. However, it is a 5 stage theory now. We come across a very famous term called ‘demographic dividend’. It is very important…
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Land Reforms in India: History, Objectives and Measures
Land Reforms in India: The pattern of agriculture is always irregular in India. In the pre-independence era, tenants, peasants, and small farmers suffered a lot due to the revenue systems of Mahalwari, Zamindari, ryotwari. One of the major reasons was the unequal distribution of land. Landholdings were concentrated in few hands. The majority of farmers…
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Five Year Plans of India (Summary): Objectives, Achievements, Failures
Five Year Plans in India: Preparing for our future through planning is a crucial landmark whether at a personal level or national level. The social life of a person always depends on various planning schemes. Social and economic planning gives a way to policymakers to improve prevailing conditions in a society. This process is incomplete…