Sociology

Concept of Purity and pollution: The concept of purity and pollution are extremely complex and vary among different religious groups, castes, and regions. Purity and pollution are the basis of untouchability practice...

Recently a bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra issued notice to the Centre after petitioner’s counsel argued that the 1956 law’s gender-based discrimination for grant of guardianship of children violated constitutional right...

Latent functions are those functions that are the unintended or unrecognized consequences of any social model. They exist, but they are not very obvious. On the other hand, the conscious or intentional function...

Introduction The caste system in India is closely connected with the Hindu philosophy, religion, custom, and convention. The caste system in India is believed to have had a divine...

Many scientists now advocate the use of the deductive method. Although the logic of the deductive method is similar to positivism in many respects, the differences are significant. Karl Popper supports this...

 Introduction Caste is closely connected with the Hindu philosophy and religion, custom and tradition. It is believed to have had a divine origin and sanction. The Varna system prevalent during the Vedic period was mainly...

The Crime under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Rape (Section 376 IPC)Kidnapping & abduction for the specified purpose (Section 363-373 IPC) Homicide for dowry(dowry death) or...

Positivists emphasize that the observable "facts" are mainly due to the belief that human behavior can be explained in the same way as material behavior.Natural scientists do not study the meaning and...

Transgender people are individuals of any age or sex whose appearance, individual qualities, or behaviors vary from generalizations about how people 'should' be. Transgender people have existed in each culture, race, and class since...

The concept of society can be traced back to the fourteenth century.  However, proper sociological meaning of society was not developed until the nineteenth century. The term Society is the most fundamental...