Contemporary Indian Society
Contents: Section-A: Tribes and Their Development. 1. Tribes and Their Contemporary Identity/S. Sumathi. 2. Adavi (Forest) in Some Adivasi Cultures in Andhra Pradesh/V. Gangadharam, T. Babji Reddy and T. Chandrika. 3. Tribes of Jharkhand: Culture and Development/Prabhat K. Singh and A.K. Haldar. 4. Transformation of Tribal Economy: A Case Study from Karnataka/N. Ningaiah. 5. Tribal Development strategies in India: An Anthropological Dialogue/M.P. Damodaran, S. Sumathi and P. Govinda Reddy. 6. Dravidian Kinship systems the significance of Chenchu and Yanadi Kinship Organization/N. Sudhakar Rao. Section-B: Anthropology of Health and Nutrition. 7. Research methods for nutritional anthropology/S.C. Jhansi. 8. Social construction and portrayal of cancer: A Study in media anthropology/Reetinder Kaur and A.K. Sinha. 9. Reproductive health care practices among the primitive tribes in Nilgiri Hills of Tamilnadu/T. Subramanyam Naide and G. Palanisamy. 10. Traditional concept of health and medical practices among the tribes of bastar/B.M. Mukherjee. 11. Food security for tribal people: A study on targeted public distribution system in the state of Orissa/Pradip K. Bhowmick. Section-C: Contemporary issues. 12. Self Help groups and microfinance: A Study with reference to scheduled tribes in Andhra Pradesh/K. Raja Reddy and C.S. Reddy. 13. Women self help groups and utilization of loans: A case study/N. Padmaja. 14. Institutional failure and farmers suicide in Andhra Pradesh/S. Vijaya Kumar. 15. Provisions of convention on the rights of the child in the context of an eastern Indian city A Critical Assessment/Nibedita Nath and Deepak Kumar Behera. 16. Schooling and change in tribal areas: A Cas of Andhra Pradesh/K. Sujatha. 17. Development of self learning material in distance education/G. Ananda. 18. Socio-Economic development of Dalits in Gujarat/Manubhai Makwana. 19. Role of NGOs in the welfare of special Children/Marri Padmaja. 20. Sex and gender differentiation among the saoras of Andhra Pradesh/M. Suryanarayana. 21. Dynamics of displaced populations of Somasila Irrigation Project in Andhra Pradesh/M. Mohan. 22. Contemporary issues in development, displacement and Rehabilitation/G.V. Ramana. 23. Brief Notes on research projects undertaken by Prof. P. Sudhakara Reddy/K. Raja Reddy. Index.
The scholarly contributions by eminent scholars from Anthropology and sociology of various universities, research and professional institutes of India cover various facets of Indian Society – tribal cultures, identity, transformation, indebtedness and developmental strategies. The writings focused much on millennium development goals.
The contributions, such as self help group movement, farmers suicides, slums, educational issues, Dalits, gender issues, displacement and rehabilitation are dealt under the sections – tribals and their development, anthropology of health and nutrition and contemporary issues. The volume provides valuable understanding on development aspects and contemporary issues of the Indian society.
The contents of the book may be useful to the anthropologists, sociologists, administrators, planners, NGOs and other development professionals in teaching, research, planning, decision making, designing and implementation of various development initiatives.
