The usefulness of the family even at present times to society cannot be understimated. The progres and character of a nation largely depends upon the proper organisation and development of family. The family has been called the craddle of civil virtues and the child learns its first lesson of citizenship on the lap of his […]

The most striking feature of the Hindu Society in the caste system. Even among Muslims, whose religion preaches equality there is a loose sort of caste system.The essential feature of the system, is that a man’s social and domestic relation are determined by the rules of the caste into which he is born. He can

Now we consider the conditions which lead to make members of a class consicious of their membership.Social MobilityClass consists in the realisation of a similarity of attitude and behaviour with members of one’s own class, and of a difference from members of other class. It is to see that if the movement up and down

A person has a high or low status in the group, that he is a leader or a follower. On the other hand, status also conveys the idea of the formalised behaviour of some sort. The leader makes plan, issues order and sees that they are carried out. He has certain functions to performs a

From time immemorial all castes have not been treated equal in rank and status. In the hierarchical ladder the Brahmins have always been considered and placed at the top. All other sections and castes in the society have been asked to respect Brahmins. Even in the olden days when Kshatriyas ruled the country, in Royal

Every society have a structure of its own. But it changes whenever new forces of transformation emerge. Similar is the case of Indian society and culture. India is an agrarian country and three-fourth of her population is engaged in agriculture. Agricultural economy forms the material basis for Indian people. It determines India’s social organization and

The position of women in Indian Society differs in every religion due to their different social and familial structure.In Hindu SocietyWhat status did the women enjoy in Hindu society is an interesting study in itself. One finds that they enjoyed great and considerable respect during Rig Vedic Age. After some time their position considerable went

Family has three main distinguishable features. First we consider the maternal clan system. In it the natural family by which we mean husband, wife and children is not complete. The husband and wife are not united in the sense in which they become legally and morally one flesh in the higher forms of marriage.In the

In classifying marriage we have to consider the possible parties to a marriage and their number. All these are types of marriage which exist or alleged to have existed. Monogamy is the type of marriage in which there is a union of one with a woman. Approximately the ratio of the male and female births

The position of women may be defined with reference to the personal rights she enjoys in society as compared to personal rights which, women’s counterpart enjoys in any given society. The status may also be defined with reference to be relative advantage one enjoys in matter of exercising authority and in initiating action.In we bear

In the tribal phase the woman had definitely an inferior status. In the first place the division of labour had its first result the exploitation of the weaker partner. Among the hunter man had advantage over woman in every sense and she had always to depend on him for her protection. Economically too, she was

All types of societies and races have some sort of functional social stratification. The only difference is that in most cases it remains in an elementary from and elastic. The peculiar feature of the Indian caste system is that in India the aforesaid process has crystalized into watertight compartments. And it has become permanent feature

One of the broadcast and most revealing of all social contracts is exhibited by the differences of urban and rural life. This contrast is one of social environment. It divides community organization in two broad types—the urban and the rural. For many centuries city and country are two general types of human habitation. However, we

By social interaction is meant the mutual influences individuals and group have upon one another as they attempt to solve individual or collective problems and as they strive to reach individual or group goals.Ethnic conflicts in IndiaSociety can be viewed as a system of moral norms and defined laws which embody those norms. Society can

The development of the Congress during this period may conveniently be divided into several periods.Civil Disobedience MovementThe Congress at its Calcutta session in 1928 wanted to pass a resolution declaring complete independence as its goal. Mahatma Gandhi intervened and a resolution was passed declaring Dominion Status as the goal. Mahatma Gandhi gave an assurance that