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Education and its Power in Social Change: Understanding its Role and Impact, Best Sociology Optional Coaching, Sociology Optional Syllabus

4-Aug-2021 TriumphIAS

Cases of rape and harassment of women have increased; total heinous crimes down

Sociology: violence against women NEWS IN SHORT: Cases of rape and harassment of women in the national capital have increased

4-Aug-2021 TriumphIAS

Why are young women killing themselves in Kerala?

Why are young women killing themselves in Kerala? Sociology: paper I: Sociological thinkers: Emile Durkheim: Suicide Paper II: Violence against

3-Aug-2021 TriumphIAS

If not divorce, then why is aata sata acceptable: Rajasthan woman in suicide note

Sociology: Family and marriage in India. NEWS IN SHORT: 21-year-old woman in Rajasthan died by suicide and pinned the blame

3-Aug-2021 TriumphIAS

Sexuality and Gender in Sports: Sociological perspective

Relevance: Stratification and Mobility: Dimensions – Social stratification of class, status groups, gender, ethnicity and race. Sport is often perceived

31-Jul-2021 TriumphIAS

Braving stigma, hesitancy, around 300 transgenders get vaccinated at special drive

Stratification and mobility: Gender NEWS IN SHORT Several transgenders said they had not been vaccinated previously because of

31-Jul-2021 TriumphIAS

Britney Spears ‘trauma’ explained: How does the US system of conservatorship work?

Sociology: Systems of Kinship: Family, household, marriage. Types and forms of family. Lineage and descent. Patriarchy and sexual division oflabour.

31-Jul-2021 TriumphIAS

Social Norms

Relevance: Sociology: Fact value and objectivity. Social norms grow out of social value and both serve to differentiate human social

30-Jul-2021 TriumphIAS

Fairness Creams & Racism: Sociological perspective

Relevance: Sociology: Paper II: Racism Indian advertisements and celebrities, being few of the most influential stakeholders that define beauty for

30-Jul-2021 TriumphIAS

Countries that allow gender self-identification, and the law in India

Countries that allow gender self-identification, and the law in India Syllabus Topic Sociology: paper i: stratification and mobility: Gender G.S

30-Jul-2021 TriumphIAS

South Africa considers letting women have multiple husbands. Uproar follows

🩸Syllabus Topic Sociology: paper i: Types and forms of family The government document has said that the legislation that regulates

29-Jul-2021 TriumphIAS

Dalit Consciousness

The whole concept of consciousness has a philosophical implication advocating that consciousness is largely collective and Durkheim’s sociology advocates that

28-Jul-2021 TriumphIAS

Population populism: UP draft population bill will impact the vulnerable, especially women

Population populism: UP draft population bill will impact the vulnerable, especially women Relevance: GS: Paper lI: Sociology: population dynamicsc The

27-Jul-2021 TriumphIAS

Merton’s Strain Theory of Deviance

Relevance: Sociology: Paper I: Sociological thinkers: R.K Merton: Deviance Introduction Argues that crime is a result of people being socialised

24-Jul-2021 TriumphIAS

Formal and informal organization of work: Formal Structure

Relevance: Sociology: Works and Economic Life: Formal and informal organization of work. Formal structure of an organization or group includes

23-Jul-2021 TriumphIAS

Reservation for upper-caste poor: Sociological perspective

Relevance: Sociology: Stratification and Mobility: Concepts- equality, inequality, hierarchy, exclusion, poverty and deprivation Context Sociologist Dipankar Gupta discusses the dynamics of political