Paramjit S Judge
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The study of Indian Diaspora has become an established field of research and study during the last two and a half decades. This volume consists of contributions of the social scientists from various corners of the world and offers analysis of the Indian diaspora from various perspectives. The history of international migration of the Indians dates back to the late nineteenth century and there has been an unbroken change in their migration. From indentured labour ...
The book is concerned with social exclusion in India, viewing it as a structural process and coming up with strategies for addressing practices that lead to social exclusion. Scholars here examine the issue in the background of the complex mosaic of Indian society that is embedded with exclusionary practices and structures especially marginalisation on the basis of caste. Based on study of diverse researches and incorporating grassroots information garnered ...
This collection of 11 articles, published over the years in the Sociological Bulletin, attempts to present a sociological analysis of dalits in India. Situating dalits in Indian sociology, it examines social status of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes as depicted in the works of G. S. Ghurye.
Further focusing on the issues of caste, untouchability and exclusion, the contributors seek to study the interaction between scheduled castes and Brahmins, role of ...
Covering three decades of social landscape, this work examines various changes that have taken place among the dalits in the post-colonial India. However, transformation among dalits has not been uniform across regions and castes. Certain castes among dalits have been more mobile, whereas others lagged behind. The mobile castes have not emerged arbitrarily in any region; rather they appeared on the historical scene as a result of favourable objective and ...
The process of globalisation has been affecting the Indian society in various ways. Though it is primarily an economic phenomenon, its impact in other walks of life is being strongly felt and there seems no possibility of its disappearance. Taking the northwest region of India as the focus of analysis, this volume brings together sixteen contributions made by the scholars working in this area to focus on four issues, namely, identity formation, development, ...
The Sikh militant Movement spanned one-and-half decades during which a considerable loss of life occurred in and outside Pun66thjab. In terms of its spread, it almost became international in character largely due to the presence of diaspora Sikhs in most of the western world. This work is based on the analysis of the speeches and massages of the leaders of the militant movement. It has been argued, without essentializing the problematic, that the nature of ...