INDIAN SOCIETY
1. Introducing Indian Society : Colonialism, Nationalism, Class and Community 2. Demographic Structure of Indian Society 3. Rural-Urban Linkages and Divisions 4. Family and Kinship 5. Caste System 6. Tribal Society 7. The Market as a Social Institution 8. Caste Prejudice, Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes 9. Marginalization of Tribal Communities 10. The Struggle for Women's Equality and Rights 11. The Protection of Religious Minorities 12. Caring for the Differently Abled13. Challenges of Cultural Diversities : Communalism, Regionalism, Casteism and Patriarchy 14. Role of the State in a Plural and Unequal Society15. What We Share ?  16. Project Work
CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIAN SOCIETY
1. Processes of Structural Change in India : Colonialism, Industrialization and Urbanization 2. Processes of Cultural Change in India : Modernization, Westernization, Sanskritiza-tion and Secularization 3. Social Reform Movements and Laws 4. The Constitution : As an Instrument of Social Change 5. Political Parties, Pressure Groups and Democratic Politics 6. Panchayati Raj and Challenges of Social Transformation 7. Land Reforms, Green Revolution and Agrarian Society 8. From Planned Industrialization to Liberalization 9. Changes in Class-Structure 10. Mass Media and Social Changes 11. Globalization and Social Change 12. Social Movements : Class Based Workers and Peasant Movements 13. Caste based Movements : Dalit and Backward Class Movements (Trends in Upper Caste Responses) 14. Women’s Movement in Independent India 15. Tribal Movements 16. Environmental Movements
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