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Inequalities previously tolerated now came to be perceived as intolerable because development generates new inequalities, and because economies cannot grow as fast as acquisitives desires can be unfettered. Consequently, gaps appear between development's promise and its performance. The dense globalization presently occurring creates new desires and new concentrations of wealth and, derivatively, enlarge gaps between winners and losers. The reason is that ...
We approach the analysis of the changing patterns of social stratification in India with the help of a selected set of 'processes'. Therefore, we have avoided as far as possible, analyzing the patterns of changes in the stratification merely with the help of categories, such as caste, and class, or feudalism, capitalism and socialism, because these refer to system-states of stratification rather than its processes. The system-states of stratification are ...
Indian culture and tradition have shown remarkable capacity to assimilate every divergent faith. This can be traced even to the very early time. It was the Aryans who laid the foundation of this great characteristic of Indian culture. Since the Aryans all the revolting religious attitudes and views have merged with it to form the composite culture of India. Hinduism has accepted each and every religious faith under its wide wings and this has enhanced its ...