Child Marriage in India
Child Marriage in India

Author: B. S. Nagi

Publisher: Mittal Publications

Published: 1993-01-01

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9788170994602

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Study conducted in the districts of Bhilwara, Udaipur, and Chittaurgarh.

Economic & Social Dimensions: Engine for Growth
Economic & Social Dimensions: Engine for Growth

Author: Dr. Rayeesa Akhter

Publisher: Book Bazooka Publication

Published: 2019-11-11

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 9386895692

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The promotion of competitiveness has been seen as a way of achieving desirable changes in economy and society at the cost of growth and development. However, it should be noted that productivity and growth that is accompanied by increasing social imbalance to achieve desirable changes in economy and society has sometimes negative consequences for the growth and development. The chapters compiled in this book from economical and social science researchers have generated awareness about the sustainable amalgam of these three subjects. This book contains 12 chapters from different scholars within the country. In fact, these chapters will be quite helpful for students who are keen to learn the multidisciplinary approach in these fields. Since the growth and development is taking place at a very fast rate, there is a need to promote such type of studies so that people will not adopt the measures to gain economy at the cost of environment. This book can be used as a reference book for future researchers for their multidisciplinary approach. We do not intend for this book to be scientifically and technically complete. In fact, many complex multidisciplinary issues have been simplified by using this approach.

Matchmaking in Middle Class India
Matchmaking in Middle Class India

Author: Parul Bhandari

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-02-01

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9811515999

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This book is an extensive and thorough exploration of the ways in which the middle class in India select their spouse. Using the prism of matchmaking, this book critically unpacks the concept of the 'modern' and traces the importance of moralities and values in the making of middle class identities, by bringing to the fore intersections and dynamics of caste, class, gender, and neoliberalism. The author discusses a range of issues: romantic relationships among youth, use of online technology and of professional services like matrimonial agencies and detective agencies, encounters of love and heartbreak, impact of experiences of pain and humiliation on spouse-selection, and the involvement of family in matchmaking. Based on this comprehensive account, she elucidates how the categories of 'love' and 'arranged' marriages fall short of explaining, in its entirety and essence, the contemporary process of spouse-selection in urban India. Though the ethnographic research has been conducted in India, this book is of relevance to social scientists studying matchmaking practices, youth cultures, modernity and the middle class in other societies, particularly in parts of Asia. While being based on thorough scholarship, the book is written in accessible language to appeal to a larger audience.