• Umesh B C

Certain adverse situations that may have harmful consequences may affect societies. They may hinder the normal functioning of the society. Such harmful situations are known as social problems. These problems arise because every society has certain norms and values. When these norms and values are violated, they result in social problems. They are problems because such deviation of norms and values are dysfunctional in the society. Some of the examples of social problems are drug addiction, terrorism, youth unrest, juvenile delinquency, corruption, offences against women, environmental degradation, etc. However, not all violations of social norms and values result in social problems. For example, when a person sports an unusual hairstyle it does not become a social problem. Similarly, social problem may vary with time and over space. Smoking was not considered a social problem earlier. At present with the rising health consciousness, smoking is considered a major social problem. Similarly, sati was not considered as a problem in the medieval India. However, in modern India it is seen as a social problem. A society may consider a certain practice as a social problem where as it may not be a problem in another society. This is because the norms and values are not the same in all the societies. Divorce may be seen as a serious problem in some societies, but it may not be so in other societies. However, there are certain practices that are considered harmful in all societies viz. murder, terrorism, rape, etc. The current examination utilizes content investigation for the investigation of crowd lynching. The information have been gathered from lynching influenced districts of the country through different Newspapers (Hindustan Times, The Hindu, The Indian Express and The Times of India and so forth, Delhi Edition) and month to month magazines (India Today and Economic Political Weekly and so on) The examination has tracked down that the instances of lynching are submitted against minorities and Dalit’s because of doubt of meat devouring, cow butchering, cleaning of dead cows kid lifting, and burglary. The examination additionally shows that the greater part of instances of horde lynching are submitted because of phony news, bits of gossip and disdain addresses which are flowed via online media stages.

Social Problems. Divorce. murder, terrorism, rape, corruption, offences against women, environmental degradation,

"SOCIAL ISSUES AND PROBLEMS IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 7, page no.k46-k51, July-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2307A06.pdf

"SOCIAL ISSUES AND PROBLEMS IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 7, page no. ppk46-k51, July-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2307A06.pdf