Social Research Foundation, Kanpur (UP), India

Asian Resonance ( P: ISSN No. 0976-8602 RNI No.UPENG/2012/42622 VOL.-V, ISSUE-II, April-2016 E: ISSN No. 2349-9443 ) Abstract   Birpal Singh Thenua  Assistant Professor, Deptt. of Sociology & Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, (Deemed University), Dayalbagh, Agra The aged and the problems of aging have been concern to human being from the beginning of civilization. In all societies, whether modern or primitive, agrarian or industrial, man aware of his dignity and virtue of his power of thinking. Deprivation presents through-out the life of human being but it intensifies during the old age. The concept of retirement came with modernization, urbanization, industrialization and bureaucratization. In old age individuals did retire from their work but this retirement did not mean the retirement from the life, retirement from the society, retirement from the economic activities etc. But unluckily today at a definite age we do reti...

Periodic Research   ( P: ISSN No. 2231-0045 RNI No. UPBIL/2012/55438 VOL.-IV, ISSUE-II, November-2015 E: ISSN No. 2349-9435 ) Abstract   Birpal Singh Thenua  Assistant Professor, Deptt. of Sociology & Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, (Deemed University) Dayalbagh, Agra India is the biggest democracy of the world with more than 122 billion population, 70% of its population lives in villages. Almost 48% of the rural population is of women. Since centuries women in rural India are treated as secondary, marginalized and subordinate to men. They are dependent on their male counderparts for most of their social, economic and political needs. They are denied form social, economic and political rights. It is the biggest challenge for a democratic socialistc soceity in post-modern era. Therefore, for the development & empowerment of women, our governments have enacted a number of acts, scheme, policies and programmes....