Indian Society & Culture: Diversity | UPSC | Lecture Excerpt |

What makes India unique? What are the diverse features of Indian Society? What are the multi-fold and multi-dimensional aspects of Indian society, especially for UPSC and other competitve examinations? Vastly different geographical regions, languages, castes, regions and religion, and much more make unified India a celebration of diversity. This lecture excerpt is PART 1 of two videos describing UNITY IN DIVERSITY, a very important part of the syllabus for UPSC General Studies.

In this video segment of a lecture for UPSC (Anthropology Optional) by Kartic Godavarthy, we will delve into Indian Society, both from an Anthropological and a General Studies perspective…

00:00 Start
00:40 Geography
01:21 Name of India
03:38 Diversity in India
07:09 Racial diversity
09:43 Linguistic Diversity
12:42 Religious Diversity
15:05 Caste Diversity
18:00 Tribes of India
20:20 Regional Diversity

NOTE: This lecture is an excerpt from the full online course, and only covers the topic of diversity.

SOME TERMS EXPLAINED: If you have not studied anthropology but are using this lecture as a reference for your General studies or other examinations papers, some of the terms may be new to you. “Endogamous” means a society in which people traditionally marry within their own community. “Kinship” is a ‘family relationship’, which can be a blood relation or a relation by marriage.

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Kartic Godavarthy (aka G.S. Karthik) is the faculty for Anthropology at Vajiram and Ravi, New Delhi.

Email: [email protected]

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