Week – 1
1. Conceptualising Indian Society in the Pre-British Period
2. Structure and Functioning of Indian Society – Empirical Knowledge
3. The Indian Village view through the lens of British Colonialism
4. East India Company’s role in collecting systematic information about the peoples of India
Week – 2
5. Initial Response to Colonial Power and Discourse
6. Anti-colonialism and Consciousness Formation
7. Nature and Approaches to Nationalism
Week – 3
8. A.R.Desai’s View on Nationalism
9. Discourse of Nationalism
10. Middle class and Emergence of Indian Nationalism
Week – 4
11. Significance of Nationalism
12. Nationalism Since Independence
Week – 5
13. Subaltern - a modern historical approach
14. Subaltern perspective in Indian Sociology
15. Subaltern Critique - the case of Indian Nationalism
16. Gender, Caste and Denotified Tribes - Subaltern perspectives
Week – 6
17. Caste System in India – Introduction and Background
18. Theories of Caste System
19. Origins and Features of the Caste System in India
20. The Structure of Caste System
Week – 7
21. Prohibitions and Sanctions
22. Functions of the Caste System
23. Role of Caste System in Indian Village
24. Schedule Castes and Casteless Society
Week – 8
25. Indian Agrarian Structure–Views of Daniel Thorner – I
26. The model of agrarian classes in India by D.N. Dhanagare - II
27. Conceptualisation of Agrarian Classes in India by Utsa Patnaik - III
Week – 9
28. Industrial labour in post-colonial India
29. Urban Economy – Factory workers
30. Social Profile and lifestyle of workers
31. The Assertion of dignity in the Formal Sector Industry in India
Week – 10
32. Characteristics of Tribe
33. Tribal Population in India
34. The Geographical Distribution of Tribes in India
35. Social and Economic Organisations of Tribal Community
Week – 11
36. Understanding Villages: An Indian Perspective
37. Village Studies in India - MN Srinivas
38. Village Studies in India –S.C. Dube and A.R. Desai
39. Changing Village Structure in India
Week – 12
40. Family
41. Kinship
42. Kinship Map 1
43. Kinship Map 2
44. Marriage
Week – 13
45. Religion and Religions in India
46. Hinduism and Social Order
47. Hinduism and the Polity
48. Hindu Reforms and Modernisation
Week – 14
49. Islam and Islamization in India
50. Chishtiya and other Orders in India
51. Islamic Great Tradition and Indo-Islamic Little Tradition
Week – 15
52. Introduction to Sikhism
53. Sikh Worships and Rituals – I
54. Sikh Worships and Rituals – II
55. Gurdwara, Sikh Code of Conduct and Reform Movements
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