Priyamvada Ashok MhaddalkarAIR 13 · CSE 2021 · 165 wordsTheir whole copy
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Village Studies flourished in the post independence period in India led by M.N. Srinivas, S.C. Dube, F.G. Bailey, etc.
IMPORTANCE OF VILLAGE STUDIES
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→ Even today over 60% of the Indian population resides in rural areas → thus highlighting importance of villages.
→ Even though there are migrations to urban areas, people continue to maintain kinship ties with kin back home.
→ Cultural practices like rituals, celebrations of festivals in cities are just a reflection of the little traditions of villages.
→ As such village studies give important insights into the social structure of Indian society.
→ These insights can be used for development and planning purposes.
→ Previously, Sociologists like M.N. Srinivas gave the concepts of Sanskritisation and dominant caste through his village study. S.C. Dube observed reasons for status differentiation in villages.
→ These ideas are being increasingly used for political mobilisation and subsequent empowerment of rural society.
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Thus village studies play an important role in understanding rural social structure in contemporary times.