Course Curriculum

• The Story of Village Palampur

  • Introduction

    17 min

• India-Size and Location

  • Introduction

    25 min
  • India and the World, India’s Neighbours

    12 min

• What is Democracy? Why Democracy?

  • What is Democracy?

    38 min

• People As Resource

  • People As Resource : Part – 01

    24 min
  • People As Resource : Part – 02

    16 min
  • Education & Health

    17 min
  • Unemployment – Types Of Unemployment

    22 min
  • Self Employment

    14 min

• The French Revolution

  • Storming of Bastille, French Society During the Late Eighteenth Century

    22 min
  • The Struggle To Survive, A Growing Middle Class Envisages an End to Privileges, The Outbreak of the Revolution

    32 min
  • France Becomes a Constitutional Monarchy, Reading Political Symbols, France Abolishes Monarchy and Becomes a Republic

    28 min
  • The Reign of Terror, A Directory Rules France, Did Women Have a Revolution?

    22 min
  • The Abolition of Slavery, The Revolution and Everyday Life

    23 min

• Constitutional Design (Political Science)

  • Democratic Constitution In South Africa, Struggle against apartheid, Towards a new Constitution

    25 min
  • Why Do We Need A Constitution? Making Of The Indian Constitution.

    20 min
  • The Path to Constitution, The Constituent Assembly

    25 min
  • Guiding Values Of The Indian Constitution, Philosophy Of The Constitution, Institutional Design

    25 min

• Physical Features of India (Geography)

  • Introduction, The Movement Of Plates, Gondwanaland

    21 min
  • The Himalayan Mountains, Some Highest Peaks Of Himalayas

    22 min
  • The Northern Plains,The Peninsular Plateau, Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats

    28 min
  • The Indian Desert, The Coastal Plains, The Islands

    15 min

• Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution (History)

  • The Age of Social Change Liberals, Radicals and Conservatives, Industrial Society and Social Change

    24 min
  • The Coming of Socialism to Europe, Support for Socialism, The Russian Revolution, The Russian Empire in 1914, Economy and Society

    30 min
  • Socialism in Russia, A Turbulent Time: The 1905 Revolution, The First World War and the Russian Empire

    26 min
  • The February Revolution in Petrograd, After February, The Revolution of October 1917

    23 min
  • What Changed after October? The Civil War, Making a Socialist Society

    18 min
  • Stalinism and Collectivisation, The Global Influence on the Russian Revolution and the USSR

    16 min

• Poverty as a Challenge (Economics)

  • Overview, Introduction, Two Typical Cases Of Poverty, Urban Case, Rural Case, Poverty as seen by social scientists, Social Exclusion, Vulnerability

    23 min
  • Poverty Line, Poverty Estimates, Vulnerable Groups

    20 min
  • Story of Sivaraman, Inter-State Disparities, Global Poverty Scenario

    21 min
  • Causes Of Poverty, The Challenges Ahead

    31 min

• Climate (Geography)

  • Introduction, Climatic Controls

    22 min
  • Factors Affecting India’s Climate, Latitude.Altitude, Pressure and Winds

    29 min
  • The Onset Of The Monsoon And Withdrawal, The Seasons, The Cold Weather Season (Winter), The Hot Weather Season (Summer)

    27 min
  • Advancing Monsoon (The Rainy Season), Retreating/Post Monsoons (The Transition Season)

    15 min
  • Distribution Of Rainfall, Monsoon As A Unifying Bond

    13 min

• Electoral Politics (Political Science)

  • Overview, Why Elections? Why do we need elections?

    23 min
  • What makes an election democratic? Is it good to have political competition?

    18 min
  • What Is Our System Of Elections?, Electoral Constituencies, Reserved Constituencies

    18 min
  • Voters list, Nomination Of Candidate

    18 min
  • Election Campaign, Polling And Counting Of Votes

    22 min
  • What Makes Elections In India Democratic?, Independent Election Commission, Popular Participation

    24 min
  • Acceptance of election outcome, Challenges to free and fair elections

    11 min

• Nazism and the Rise of Hitler (History)

  • Introduction, Birth Of Weimar Republic

    21 min
  • The Effects of the War, Political Radicalism and the Economic Crises