The Centre for Studies of Plural Societies is pleased to invite you to its Book Discussion on ‘The Indian Village: Rural Lives in the 21st Century’. Prof. Surinder S. Jodhka will be speaking on his book. The session will be moderated by Dr Irfanullah Farooqi, Asst. Professor, SAU. The event will take place on October 21, 2023 at 11:30 a.m. (Saturday) in the Conference Room, CSPS Office. We have limited seats, please register to book your spot. Register

About the Speaker:

Prof Surinder S. Jodhka is Professor at  Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has been a Visiting Professor (ICCR Chair), University of Lund, Sweden; Visiting Associate Professor, University of Bergen, Norway; Charles Wallace India Trust Fellow at Queens University in Belfast; South Asian Visiting Scholar at University of Oxford; Honorary Visiting Fellow at University of Wisconsin, Madison. He has been awarded ICSSR-Amartya Sen Award for Distinguished Social Scientist (Sociology). Prof. Jodhka has been member of several editorial boards for journals such as Sociology (official journal of the British Sociological Association); Sikh Formations; and Sociological Bulletin, Journal of the Indian Sociological Society. His areas of specialization are Political Sociology; Social and Cultural Identities in contemporary India; Development Studies; Social Stratification; Rural Society and Agrarian Change.

His published books are “The Indian Village: Rural Lives in the 21st Century”, ”Religions, Communities, Development: Changing Contours of Policy and Politics in Contemporary India” (edited with Gurpreet Mahajan): Routledge, New Delhi, 2010; ”Village Society: Culture, Politics and Social Life in Rural India”. Orient Blackswan. Edited, 2012; and ”Changing Caste: Mobility, Ideology, Identity”. Sage Publications, New Delhi. Edited, 2012.

About the book:

‘The Indian Village: Rural Lives in the 21st Century’ by Surinder S. Jodhka explores the evolving nature of villages in India, examining colonial construction, Indian nationalists’ representation, and post-liberalisation nation. The book provides a detailed account of rural lives’ transformation, highlighting the diversity within agrarian and rural realities, and focusing on development and democracy processes in rural areas.