The state of Bihar was one of the early starters on Gender Responsive Budgeting in India, having published its first
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Sociology Optional Paper – I
CAST INFLUENCE – BEHAVIOUR & PERSONALITY
While numerous studies have examined gaps in health and educational outcomes across castes, there is little evidence on caste gaps
Continue readingA CASE STUDY: ON GENDER NORMS AND COMPETITIVENESS
The under-representation of women in leadership positions is often attributed to systematic gender differences in the inclination to compete. Do
Continue readingWOMEN EMPLOYMENT IN INDIA- LOWER ENTRY AND HIGHER EXIT RATES
While India’s low female labour force participation has been studied extensively in the recent literature, an aspect that has received
Continue readingPRE-SCHOOLLING- GENDER SOCIALIZATION- PANACEA FOR ALL STEREOTYPE
As women, we may have a fascination for pink and orange over blue. After years of working in the social
Continue readingMANUAL SCAVENGING IN INDIAN SOCIETY
SYLLABUS TOPICS: FORMS OF UNTOUCHABILITY The practice of manual scavenging has accursed Indian society since time immemorial. The efforts to
Continue readingThe Positive Outcome of MGNREGA
While numerous micro-founded studies examine the household-level effects of MNREGA, little is known about its aggregate macro effects and long-term
Continue readingDISPLACEMENT- DYSFUNCTION OF DEVELOPMENT
Of these, there were 12 million new displacements involving children, including around 3.8 million of them caused by conflict and
Continue readingTRIBES AND THE INDIAN STATE
The introduction of money in adivasi society distorted its worldview and ecosystem Due to discourse created by a non-tribal worldview,
Continue readingRIGHT TO EQUALITY: FROM PROMISE TO POWER
Right to equality: From promise to power — which is the fifth volume in the Rethinking India series — author Nisha
Continue readingRoll Call: Describing the pandemic
The Covid-19 epidemic is not the proverbial ‘elephant in the room’ but a ‘black elephant’ event ‘The Coronavirus is the
Continue reading“House Will Be Known By Daughter’s Name”
Uttarakhand’s New Initiative : “Our government is dedicated to the betterment of women. The house will be known by the name
Continue readingReading Marx in times of COVID-19
Karl Marx writings helps us understand how situations like the pandemic do not affect all sections of the society in
Continue readingImmunity passports might be inevitable as we go along
In the first phase of the covid-19 pandemic, most countries tried to starve the disease of the oxygen it needed
Continue readingOpposing Same-Sex Marriage In Court, Government Cites “Indian Ethos”
The Centre has said that the top court by its judgement in the Navtej Singh Johar case only decriminalised a
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