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Category: Sociology of India

  • Shyamji Krishna Varma: Biography, Works and Contribution

    Shyamji Krishna Varma was born in the year 1857 and completed his primary education from the current day state of Gujarat before heading on to teach Sanksrit at Oxford University, He was also well versed with the law as a subject and frequently shuttled between the two countries alternating roles between learning and building a…

  • Sexual Violence and Caste System: Attacks on Dalit Women

    The caste system in India is the basis for the hierarchical division of society and the elements of it facilitate inequality. Attempts have been made to define the institution but due to its variance in society, a concrete definition is yet to be reached. M.N. Srinivas describes the caste system as “a hereditary, usually localised…

  • Understanding Khap Panchayats ( Sociological Perspective )

    ABSTRACT: Khap Panchayats, which are community-based social institutions governing aspects of social and cultural life in certain parts of north-western India, have been quite long-standing socio-political institutions. Tracing the development of this institution is incomplete without a thorough examining of its socio-political intricacies. This article is going to focus on the history as well as the political…

  • 10 Prominent Indian sociologists ( Sociological Thinkers)

    Sociology in India has been exemplary in identifying and understanding the vast variety of people who reside within the nation and also acknowledge the diversity that comes along with it. Sociology as a subject deals with the study of society and in the case of India, it becomes more nuanced. Most of the origins of…

  • Why Sharmila Rege Is A Great Sociologist: Contributions

    In contemporary Indian sociology, one very prominent name, especially in the area of Dalit and feminist scholarship, is of course that of Sharmila Rege (1964-2013). With a relatively short career, spanning from the early 1990s till her untimely and tragic death in 2013, Rege managed to revolutionise the contemporary understanding of gender and sexuality in…

  • Caste Discrimination: Gandhi and Dr BR Ambedkar

    The issue of caste has been central to the nation of India. The attempts to highlight the issue perhaps best-found voice in the Constituent Assembly debates where Dr. BR Ambedkar voiced the concerns regarding discrimination and prejudices on the base of caste and ensured during the making of the constitution the ideas of ‘equality’ and…

  • Understanding surnames in India: A cross-cultural analysis

    Abstract: A surname is one of the most common pieces of information that we can use to discern one’s identity. However, in current times, thanks to globalisation, it is quite identifiable that certain marginalised cultures of the world are forced to present their identity to suit the patterns of dominant cultures. This idea is very…