Anthroclan

ICMR JRF SOCIAL SCIENCES STRATEGY                                                                                                Every year ICMR conducts the ICMR-JRF examination for life science and social science domains. In this blog, we will be dealing with the latter one, i.e., social sciences. As per the ICMR directories, the questions for the exam will come from the following disciplines: psychology, sociology, anthropology, social work, home sciences, statistics and public health/Health economics (excluding others). So technically, one has to deal with seven -eight disciplines that seem to be a herculean task. But is it really that hard to read all these subjects to clear the stipulated cut off? Well, if you prepare smartly and stick to basics...

                                                                     Nationalism “consciousness of belonging to a nation (existent or in the realm of aspiration) or nationality, and the desire, as manifest in sentiment and activity, to secure or maintain its welfare, prosperity, and integrity, and to maximize its political autonomy” - James Coleman (1986: 425) Nation - “a large group of people who feel that they form a single and exclusive community destined to be an independent state”. It is followed by the defined characters as given below   - largeness in scale - a belief that the nation constitutes a terminal community - the assumption of the national destiny of independent   - statehood in the modern world  Smith (1991 ), in his National Identity,  identified five major ...