Abstract Livelihood based migration and its impact on Urban Sociology have been heavily discussed in recent times. In most of the cases the socio-economic conditions of an individual play a heavy role in determining migrating patterns, causes and underlying reality. The dual identity of being a Muslim and being an ‘outsider’ is maintaining a limitation […]

ABSTRACT This paper seeks to assess the various educational opportunities for children among the scavenger and sweeper community. In Indian society specific groups of people with distinct caste are tagged much more untouchable among the other dominant caste groups as well as Dalit groups. Despite their involvement in one of the most societal tasks of […]

Abstract This paper is an attempt to understand the social inequality in access to agricultural land in Punjab within the larger macro framework of Dalits’ struggle and relevance of caste in contemporary India debate based on data from the Agriculture Census of India 2001 and 2011. This paper employs descriptive statistics with simple percentage, ratio […]

Abstract Vihara for Buddhism is the energy for the human body. This is the space where not only socialization and teaching-learning takes place but the process of healing takes place from generation to generation. Historically this is the place where Sidhhato Gotamo and his fellow meditators draw the future of people by guiding them about […]