Readings in Indian Sociology

K. L. Sharma is Pro-Chancellor at Jaipur National University, and Vice-Chairman of Institute of Development Studies (ISD), Jaipur. Formerly, Dr. Sharma was Professor of Sociology and Rector (pro-Vice-Chancellor) at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He was Vice-Chancellor at the University of Rajasthan during 2003–2005 and also Vice-Chancellor at Jaipur National University, Jaipur, from 2007 to 2014. K. L. Sharma earned his Master’s and Ph.D from the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. K. L. Sharma was invited as visiting faculty by College de France, Paris, for five terms from 1991 to 2005. In 2002, the University Grants Commission of India honoured him with the Pranavananda Saraswati Award. He has also served on several committees and commissions as an expert member. The Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, bestowed him with a National Fellowship (2014–2016).During his nearly half-century-long academic career, Sharma has published 26 books and 90 research papers. His main areas of interest include rural sociology, caste and class, social stratification and mobility, agrarian and tribal movements, etc. Presently, he also writes on current issues for a well-known Hindi daily, for the benefit of the common people. Sharma’s writings are widely read by students, researchers and faculty of social sciences, and other concerned people.

• Series NoteForeword - Prof. Yogendra SinghPreface and AcknowledgementsIntroduction - K L SharmaI: RURAL SOCIETY AND RURAL-URBAN RELATIONSRural Sociology: Its Need in India - A R DesaiA Research Focus for Rural Sociology - Harold F KaufmanSymposium on Rural Urban-Relations: The Industrialization and Urbanization of Rural Areas - M N SrinivasThe Rural-Urban Continuum: A Critical Evaluation - C RajagopalanModernization and the Urban-Rural Gap In India: An Analysis - N R Sheth‘Fringe’ Society and the Folk-Urban Continuum - M S A RaoRural Family Patterns: A Study In Urban-Rural Relations - K M KapadiaIndustrial Workers in Rural India - S D PatelII: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IN RURAL INDIAMeasurement of Rigidity – Fluidity Dimension of Social Stratification in Six Indian Villages - Victor S D’souzaBhadralok and Chhotolok in a Rural Area of West Bengal - Surajit Sinha and Ranjit BhattacharyaCaste System in Contemporary Rural Bihar: A Study of Selected Villages - Gaurang Ranjan SahayPower Elite in Rural India: Some Questions and Clarifications - K L SharmaSocial Stratification and Institutional Change in a Gujarat Village - K C Panchanadikar and J PanchanadikarIII: VILLAGE PROFILESChokhala – An Intervillage Organization of a Caste in Rajasthan - Brij Raj ChauhanModernization and Changing Fertility Behaviour: A Study in a Rajasthan Village - Tulsi PatelIdeology, Power and Resistance in a South Indian Village - N Sudhakar RaoVoices from the Earth: Work and Food Production in a Punjabi Village - Radhika ChopraIV: RELIGION AND RITUALSPublic Shrines and Private Interests: The Symbolism of the Village Temple - Ursula SharmaA Study of Customs in Rural Mysore - K N VenkatarayappaRitual Circles in a Mysore Village - Gurumurthy K GowdraV: SOCIAL CHANGE IN RURAL INDIAStudy of Social Change in Independent Rural India: Critical Issues for Analyses in the Fourth Decade of Independence - H S VermaIndian Rural Society under the Impact of Planned Development - A Sociological Analysis - J M PanchanadikarDownward Social Mobility: Some Observations - K L SharmaDimensions of Agrarian Structure and Change: Issues in Theory - Pradip Kumar BoseIndexAppendix of Sources