The social stratification (division of society) in India is peculiar in its nature. Unlike many other civilizations in the world where the society was divided in to race, ethnicity or clans Indian society is broadly divided into a hierarchy of caste. The word caste has come from the Portuguese word ‘Casta’ which means breed and …
The authors seeks to gain a practical advantage for himself. He wishes to receive the readers. The official documents generally do so. Barani, Afifi, Nizami and host of other chroniclers engage by the court to write the history of the period suffer from this defect. They were paid agent for their monarch and which to …
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Every society has certain basic needs and it is vital for the society to satisfy these needs. To satisfy these needs, society creates social institutions. Social institutions are built from social relationships in society so that basic needs such as law and order, stability, defining roles and responsibilities and decision making can be met. For …
The founding fathers of our constitution studied the various constitutions available in the various countries of the World and picked up the selected principles which would be suitable to Indian social-political, economic, cultural, religious conditions. The Constitution of India have provided the Indian citizen the best of the things for leading a happy and peaceful …
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There are various aspects that unite the people living in a particular region. A region is characterized by a common language, culture, demographic composition, geographical features, social, historical and political backgrounds. Hence a person tends to be very loyal to a distinct region more than to the country. Regionalism implies excessive loyalty to one’s region …
Violence against women can be classified broadly into three categories: 1. Domestic Violence The violence which takes place within the household or by a known perpetrator is considered to be domestic violence. Wife beating, wife battering, dowry harassment, emotional torture by family members, sexual abuse, marital rape( sexual intercourse which is non-consensual in nature), deprivation …
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The need for delegation can be justified on the following grounds :- 1. Volume of Work Increasing volume of work requires that there should be some sort of delegation. It becomes difficult for the head of an organisation to keep all the workload to himself. If he continues with it then there will be neither …
Sex ratio is calculated as the number of females per thousand of males. Sex ratio of any country is not just a demographic variable but an important indicator of country’s gender development index. And an adverse sex ratio reveals a lopsided social development and violation of human rights. India is one of those female deficit …
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Delegation means grant or conferment of authority by a superior to a subordinate for the accomplishment of a particular assignment. According to Mooney delegation means conferring of specified authority by a higher to lower authority. It is devolution of authority by a person to his agent or subordinate, subject to his right of supervision and …
Basically, Fundamental Rights always corresponds to the fundamental duties of each citizen, therefore, the founding fathers of the constitution must had not specified them. When one individual knows or enjoys his fundamental rights at the same time others also do and show respect for them i.e. duty. In 1976, there was 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act …
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