[Book Review] Social Problems In India / Indian Society - Ram Ahuja

ashutosh_aditya

Hi Buddies,
I am going to buy 02 books- Social Problems In India and Indian Society, authored by Ram Ahuja. These books will cover following topics from the syllabus of GS 1.

1. Salient features of Indian Society
2. Basic understanding of Indian Society, social problems and Globalization
3. Effect of Globalization on Indian Society

Above books are very old and last published on 1997. No revised edition is available in the market. Still some IAS aspirants are refering it.
I am in dilemma whether I should go for it or not because after 1997 there is no updation in the content of these books. Indian Society has been changed in a big way since 1997, so what does it mean to buy older version of books to understand Indian Society?

Please suggest

F0EHAMMER

Even i have the same doubt regarding Ram Ahuja's book .
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Guys need your help out here !!

Vibin

Figures are deprecated ones but facts are still relevant .. .. This is India , we are still analyzing and assessing how to overcome challenges faced by our nation .. . This will continue even after 100 years and this will make Ram Ahuja's book still an afresh reading experience ..

F0EHAMMER

Figures are deprecated ones but facts are still relevant .. .. This is India , we are still analyzing and assessing how to overcome challenges faced by our nation .. . This will continue even after 100 years and this will make Ram Ahuja's book still an afresh reading experience ..

@Vibin

Hmm but is there any other good book available for this topic ?

Vibin

There should be , but i'm not aware of it .. I deal basics with IGNOU materials and supplement with newspapers , epw, frontline[a bit] , etc .. There is no dearth of materials for this topic . Even mere Google search could land you in gold mine .. >-

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@Vibin

Thanks buddy !!

Vibin

Any time .. :-h

ashutosh_aditya

Thanks @Vibin
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F0EHAMMER

@Vibin

Can you specify which IGNOU materials you refer for this ?

Stardust

Ram Ahuja is a good enough book for the GS-I/II social justice topics and also the essay. You won't find that any question can be directly answered using this book, but this will give you a lot of valuable complementary information on various topics. Making extensive notes from this will not be necessary, study selective topics and mark useful things in the book itself.

Some other good books:
- India Working - Essays on Society and Economy
- Women in Indian Society - Neera Desai, Usha Thakkar

Vibin

I think currently IGNOU had issue with copyrights , and they dont help you to download the contents . I'd materials of sociology [hardcopy gifted by friend ] and of course I'm having backing of Political Science [currently I stick to literature ] . So this areas are my favorites ..