Sociological Bulletin
Journal of the Indian Sociological Society

Editorial Board

N. Jayaram (Bangalore) Managing Editor
P.K.B. Nayar (Thiruvananthapuram)
Anand Kumar (New Delhi)
Uttam B. Bhoite (Pune)
Jacob John Kattakayam (Thiruvananthapuram)
Partha N. Mukherji (New Delhi)
Vighnesh N. Bhat (Shimoga)
Pradip Kumar Bose (Kolkata),
Tulsi Patel (Delhi)

Editorial Advisory Committee

Vibha Aroara (New Delhi)
I. S. Chauhan (Bhopal)
Ananta Kumar Giri (Chennai)
Maqitul Hussain (Dibrugarh)
Ashok Kumar Kaul (Varanasi)
Nikhlesh Kumar (Shillong)
Leena Parmar (Jaipur)
Jagdish Kumar Pundir (Meerut)
Y. Ravindranath Rao (Udupi)
Sharmila Rege (Pune)
Rowena Robinson (Mumbai)
Brajakishor Swain (Nagpur)
U. Tataji (Visakhapatanam)
Mohinderjit K. Teja (Chandigarh)

Secretary (Office)
Krishnan Namboodiri (New Delhi)

Sociological Bulletin is a journal of the Indian Sociological Society. It is published thrice a year: January-April, May-August, and September-December. The  journal was published biannually from 1952 to 2003, and became a triannual publication from 2004. Copyright (c) Indian Sociological Society, New Delhi. All rights reserved. Except for breif quotations in scholarly works, no part of this journal may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the Indian Sociological Society.

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Sociological Bulletin carries reports on research conducted both in India and abroad by professional Sociologists and Anthropologists. Over the last five decades, the journal has been advancing the frontiers of knowledge about Indian society and its social institutions and culture, its structure and dynamics of change. It has been contributing to our understanding of other societies as well.

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