Countries that allow gender self-identification, and the law in India Syllabus Topic Sociology: paper i: stratification and mobility: Gender G.S
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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
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Dalit Consciousness The whole concept of consciousness has a philosophical implication advocating that consciousness is largely collective and Durkheim’s sociology
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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
Continue readingMerton Strain Theory of Deviance
Merton Strain Theory of Deviance Relevance: Sociology: Paper I: Sociological thinkers: R.K Merton: Deviance Introduction Argues that crime is a
Continue readingReservation 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
Continue readingThe Tokyo Olympics will be the games of all mothers
RELEVANCE: sociology: Gender:inequality Women empowerment Now that pregnancy no longer marks the end of an athlete’s career, many elite athletes
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Sociology: Women’s Health Women make up the majority of workers in the health and social welfare sectors globally Unequal distribution
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Relevance: Sociology: Gender: Inequality Context Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) announced the provision of 33% reservation of seats for women
Continue readingIndia has one of the highest unemployment rates in women
India has one of the highest unemployment rates in women Relevance : Sociology: paper I: stratification and Mobility: Gender, Inequality
Continue readingBeing darker makes being a migrant much harder
Being darker makes being a migrant much harder Relevance : Sociology: paper II: population dynamics: components of population growth: birth,
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Ambedkar and Dalit Movements Relevance: Sociology: Social Movements in Modern India: Backward classes & Dalit movement. G.S paper I: Modern
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How India remains poor: ‘It will take 7 generations for India’s poor to reach mean income’ Relevance : G.s paper
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Relevance: sociology; Emerging issues Mental illness is a comparatively new concept although the sorts of behavior to which it is
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COMMUNALISM Relevance: Sociology: Ethnic conflicts, communalism, religious revivalism. G.S: paper I: Society: Diversity in India About Communalism, in a broad
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