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Justify that the Indian traditions are modernizing. Also discuss its contributing factors.

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  • Perspectives on the Study of Indian Society

"Modernization implies a rational attitude towards issues and their evaluation from a universal view point." — Yogendra Singh. On that test, modernisation is not Westernisation, and Indian tradition is not being displaced by modernity; it is itself modernising. Singh's formulation in Modernization of Indian Tradition (1973) is exact: the form of a traditional institution may…

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  • Contributing factors
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