SALIENT FEATURES OF INDIAN SOCIETY – UNITY IN DIVERSITY: Unity in diversity is used as an expression of harmony and unity between dissimilar individuals or groups. It is a concept of “unity without uniformity and diversity without fragmentation” that shifts focus from unity based on a mere tolerance of physical, cultural, linguistic, social, religious, political, […]
ROLE OF WOMEN AND WOMEN’S ORGANISATION Since ages, women have been playing a pivotal role in all spheres of activities but their contribution in farm sector has been largely ignored and inadequately accounted for. Women generally participate in various economic and social activities and also play an important role in decision making […]
Regionalism in India GS 1-Regionalism REGION: When we think of a region, we imagine a space with a common language, particular people and their attachment to that space. The culture of a region distinguishes it from other forms of spatial and political forms. Region is always interpreted on the basis of geography, culture […]
URBANIZATION, THEIR PROBLEMS AND THEIR REMEDIES Human populations have tended to increase over time. As more people were born, small groups of individuals found reasons to come together to form groups and, with the advent of agriculture, small sedentary communities. A small number of these settlements grew into what we now call cities. […]
SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT WHAT IS EMPOWERMENT? Strengthening the capacities of individuals, eliciting their participation in the development process Mobilising people’s initiatives in the development process According to World Bank’s empowerment stands for ‘the expansion of assets and capabilities of poor people to participate in, negotiate with, influence control, and hold accountable institutions that affect […]
POVERTY AND POPULATION Population trends and dynamics can have an enormous effect on prospects for poverty reduction and sustainable development. Poverty is influenced by – and influences – population dynamics, including population growth, age structure, and rural-urban distribution. All of this has a critical impact on a country’s development prospects and prospects for raising […]
COMMUNALISM WHAT IS COMMUNALISM? Communalism in a broad sense implies blind allegiance to one’s own communal group – religious, linguistic or ethnic – rather than to the larger society or to the nation as a whole. In its extreme form, communalism manifests itself in hatred towards groups perceived as hostile, ultimately leading to […]
SECULARISM Secularism is defined as a separation of religious institutions from the institutions of state, and no domination of the political sphere by religious institutions. It is the belief that religion should not influence or be involved in the organization of society, education, government, etc. Secularism may be categorized into two types, “hard” […]
EFFECTS OF GLOBALIZATION ON INDIAN SOCIETY WHAT IS GLOBALIZATION? Globalization refers to the process of integrating governments, cultures, and financial markets through international trade into a single world market. It is an ever increasing interconnectedness of these aspects between nations, regions, communities and even isolated/remote areas. EFFECTS OF GLOBALIZATION ON WOMEN Behavioural changes Access […]