Modernization and social change among Muslims in India

This book, the fourth and the last of
a four volume series dealing with
the social and cultural life of
Muslims in India, focuses on
modernization and social change
among them.
Ever since India achieved
independence, national politics
has been directed towards a radical
reorganization of Indian society
and a number of schemes ana
programmes have been introduced
and carried out to realize this goal.
Numerous studies have tried to
assess the effect of these
developmental schemes and
programmes of social change and
to find out ways in wvhich thne
different segments of the Indian
pOpulation have responded to them.
Uiortunately, despite their
numericai and social significance,
there has sean little sociological
discussicn on the response of the
Muslim communities in India to the
processes of economic development
and social change or on the extent
which they can be said to have
been affected by those policies.
This has often given rise to an
impression that Muslims in India
have failed to take advantage of
these programmes of economic
development and social change
and are lagging behind the others.
This book provides information and
offers insights for a realistic
appraisal of the Muslim response to
the now familiar phenomenon of
modernization and social change
in India.