Relevant for Sociology Optional Paper 1, Paper 2, and GS Paper I (Indian Society) Introduction The concept of “tribe” occupies
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Category: Sociology Paper – II
Sociology Optional Paper – II
Household Power, Entitlements, and Gender Inequality
Relevant for Sociology Optional Paper 1, Paper 2, and GS Paper I (Indian Society) Introduction The household is often perceived
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Patriarchy, Care Work, and Women’s Invisible Labour
Relevant for Sociology Optional Paper 1, Paper 2, and GS Paper I (Indian Society) Introduction Patriarchy, as a structural and
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Marriage, Choice, and Control: Love, Caste, and Honour
Relevant for Sociology Optional Paper 1, Paper 2, and GS Paper I (Indian Society) Introduction Marriage in India has never
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Changing Family Structures in Urban and Rural India
Relevant for Sociology Optional Paper 1, Paper 2, and GS Paper I (Indian Society) Introduction Family, as a fundamental social
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Caste Census, Reservation, and the Politics of Social Justice
Relevant for Sociology Optional Paper 1, Paper 2, and GS Paper I (Indian Society) Introduction The debate surrounding caste census
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Untouchability in the 21st Century: New Forms, Old Structures
Relevant for Sociology Optional Paper 1, Paper 2, and GS Paper I (Indian Society) Introduction Untouchability, constitutionally abolished under Article
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Caste, Class, and Capitalism in Contemporary India
Relevant for Sociology Optional Paper 1, Paper 2, and GS Paper I (Indian Society) Introduction The relationship between caste, class,
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Understanding Caste Today: Ghurye, Srinivas, Dumont, and Beteille in Dialogue
Relevant for Sociology Optional Paper 1, Paper 2, and GS Paper I (Indian Society) Introduction Caste remains one of the
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The Indian Middle Class: Engine of Growth or Agent of Inequality?
Relevant for Sociology Optional Paper 1, Paper 2, and GS Paper I (Indian Society) Introduction The rise of the Indian
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Industrial Working Class: From Trade Unions to Informality
Relevant for Sociology Optional Paper 1, Paper 2, and GS Paper I (Indian Society) Introduction The trajectory of the industrial
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Agrarian Class Differentiation in Post-Green Revolution India
Relevant for Sociology Optional Paper 1, Paper 2, and GS Paper I (Indian Society) Introduction The Green Revolution of the
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Noida Worker Protests: A Sociological Analysis of Labour, Capital, and Precarity in Contemporary India
Relevant for Sociology Optional Paper 1, Paper 2, and GS Paper I (Indian Society) Introduction The recent worker protests in
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Land Reforms: Promise, Politics, and Persistent Inequality
Relevant for Sociology Optional Paper 1, Paper 2, and GS Paper I (Indian Society) Introduction Land reforms in India were
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Agrarian Crisis, Farmer Suicides, and Land Relations: A Sociological Perspective
Relevant for Sociology Optional Paper 1, Paper 2, and GS Paper I (Indian Society) Introduction India’s agrarian structure has long
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