Social Problems in India

Ram Ahuja’s Social Problems in India, published by Rawat Publications, is a fully revised, expanded and updated comprehensive third edition of the book for Sociology students. It discusses social issues that prevail in India, like domestic violence, tribal unrest, globalization and consumerism and agricultural distress, ageing and elder abuse, and formers suicides, honour killings, acid attack and cybercrimes. Data on problems discussed before, such as terrorism, poverty, communal violence, violence against women, drug abuse, alcoholism, child abuse, youth unrest, black money, population explosion, juvenile delinquency, unemployment, urbanization and illiteracy. New arguments/explanations, reflecting new progresses, have been offered extensively.