LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY
LINGUISTIC DIVERSITYAccording to Ethnologue, India is considered to be home to 398 languages out of which 11 have been reported as extinct. But still there is not a single...
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RACIAL DIVERSITYA race is a group of people with a set of distinctive physical features such as skin colour, type of nose, form of hair, etc. Sir Herbert Risley...
[ read more ]DIVERSITY OF INDIA , Africa and Europe, but the
DIVERSITY OF INDIAIndian Society is one of the oldest in the world. Historically, India has been hospitable to numerous groups of immigrants from different parts of Asia, Africa and...
[ read more ]SALIENT FEATURES OF INDIA – UNITY IN DIVERSITY
7.UNITY IN DIVERSITYIn common parlance diversity means differences. It also bears connotations with something more than mere differences. It means collective differences, that is, differences expressed as group of...
[ read more ]SALIENT FEATURES OF INDIA – KINSHIP
Kinship in IndiaThe kinship system, that is, the way in which relations between individuals and groups are organized, occupies a central place in all human societies. Marriage is a...
[ read more ]SALIENT FEATURES OF INDIAN SOCIETY – FAMILY
Family in IndiaFamily is one of the most important aspects of Indian Society. Familial bonds have held together Indian society since ages. Family in India is an institution and...
[ read more ]SALIENT FEATURES OF INDIAN SOCIETY – MARRIAGE
MARRIAGE,Marriage has exhibited changes with the changing times and social processes as an institution. Marriage as an institution in India has some unique features. In Hindu Religion marriage is...
[ read more ]SALIENT FEATURES OF INDIAN SOCIETY-VILLAGES AND CONCEPT OF VILLAGE REPUBLIC:SALIENT FEATURES OF INDIAN SOCIETY-
Rural and urban landscape in India offer typical features which are unique to Indian society. Village occupies an important place in the social and cultural landscape of contemporary India....
[ read more ]SALIENT FEATURES OF INDIAN SOCIETY –CASTE SYSTEM
CASTE SYSTEMThe term caste has been derived from the Portuguese word “casta”. It implies race, lineage or pure stock, which is in turn derived from the Latin word “castus”,...
[ read more ]SALIENT FEATURES OF INDIAN SOCIETY-NOTION OF PURITY AND POLLUTIONSALIENT FEATURES OF INDIAN SOCIETY-
NOTION OF PURITY AND POLLUTIONMany status differences in Indian society are expressed in terms of ritual purity and pollution. Notions of purity and pollution are extremely complex and vary...
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