“SOCIAL & CULTURAL CHANGES DURING COVID-19 – A CASE STUDY OF VILLAGES OF FOUR IDENTIFIED DISTRICTS OF MADHYA PRADESH IN INDIA.”
This paper provides a comprehensive study of the Social and Cultural Changes during Covid 19 (Lockdown), specifically the Case Study of Villages of Four Identified Districts, Panna, Sagar, Damoh, and Chhatarpur of Madhya Pradesh in India. The study reveals that all villagers were well informed about the origin, safety measures, and other details about the Pandemic. Empirical research finds that 40% of people followed safety measures such as maintaining physical distance, wearing masks and hand hygiene, etc., and only 5% focused to boost their immune system by taking hot water, kadha & healthy food, etc. People faced Social Isolation and Social Diffusion due to the closure of Temples, Schools & all other Institutions, various restrictions on the functioning of Shops, and prohibitions of Social, Cultural & Religious gatherings during the Corona period. Indian villages are places full of colors of Festivals, Social Institutions and Social Cultural Solidarity but Covid 19 affected the social and cultural environment drastically. The Study provides some meaningful insights that social contraction develops the process of Social Cultural Marginalization and Social Alienation. The study motivates Researchers to investigate the positive and negative impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Social and Cultural Environment in various unexplored areas.
Corona, Social, Cultural, Environment, Mask