Indian Society Basic

Question 1

Features - DJ CAPTISM

Answer 1

Diversity
Joint family
Caste
A
Patriarchy
Tolerance (sarva d)
Individualsm and collectivism
Spirituality and modernity (ISRO tirupathi, yoga,fusion art)
Multicultural
Coexistence with nature (sacred groves)

Question 2

Diversity reducing

Answer 2

ASSIMILATIONIST & INTEGRATIONIST
Centralising power
Unified legal and judicial system - alternatives discarded (tribal)
National language
National holidays/ naming places
State controlled media
Seizing resources from minority- declared as national resources

CONFLICTS and why

Question 3

Modernization

Answer 3

Progressive transformation of social, economic and attitudinal aspects of society

Rationality

Wider population than westernization

Question 4

Diversity - why

Answer 4

National identity and unity
Tourism increases
Social stability
Soft power due to diversity

Question 5

unity in diversity - how

Answer 5

Govt - ek Bharat shresht Bharat, jiyo parsi

Question 6

Diversity - where

Answer 6

Geographical
1. JH etc dense forests = tribal society
2. Ladakh separated by Himalayas = Buddhist
3. mountains led to Aryan dravidian divide
4. MONSOON as the binding thread
Linguistic
122 lang, 1600 dialects, leads to diff cultures (malayan under chera, bengali under palas)
Linguistic reorgzn 1956
Linguistic minority protection
No state lang
Religion
racial

Question 7

Continuity in culture of india - how

Answer 7

Question 8

Intro / conclusions

Answer 8

1. Indian society and values are like an ancient palimpsest, on which layer of a layer of thought has been inscribed yet no succeeding layer had completely erased what had been written previously
2. India’s a spectacle of museum of tongues - AR DESAI
3. Unique blend of continuity and change where it adopts new but retains its core