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Explain continuity and change of traditional social institutions in urban community in India. How are they adopting to the process of urban development?

  • UPSC 1994
  • Visions of Social Change in India

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Classical urban theory expected the city to dissolve ascription into contract. Indian evidence refutes the expectation. Yogendra Singh (Modernisation of Indian Tradition, 1973) put it precisely: the form of traditional institutions may remain intact while their substance is transformed. With India moving from 31.16% urban (Census 2011) to roughly 37% (World Bank, 2024), the question…

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  • Caste: persistence with reorganisation
  • Family, kinship and marriage
  • Religion and jajmani residues
  • How they adapt to urban development
  • Conclusion
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