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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

India, family planning programs, social changes, traditional domestic roles

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Anthropology

Abstract

Social changes currently taking place in India are primarily a result of the Indian government’s efforts to promote technological industries, introduce family planning programs, and provide greater educational opportunities to a larger number of its people. The major effects of these reforms are the movement of an increasing number of Indians from villages to cities in order to find employment, the shift from a dominantly agricultural society to one of urban industry, and the increasing number of Indians who seek, and for the first time are given, the opportunity for an education. While such reforms may be changing many of the outward aspects of Indian life, they have not disrupted the traditional cultural practices of the Indian home. Government and economic reforms continue to advance in India without disrupting the traditional social order-primarily because Indian women find ways to participate in modern institutions without throwing time-honored traditions and domestic roles to the wind. The traditional domestic roles and practices willingly performed today by urban Indian women serve as a constant, or stabilizing force, for a traditional country that is pushing its way into the developed world.

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