• Dr. Rajesh Gururaj Kundargi

The modern biomedicine as an agenda of modernity has been a major source of concern for both the academics and the common men alike. Medicalization is the process through which the agenda of modernity is accomplished. Simply put, medicalization refers to the way in which the jurisdiction of modern bio-medicine has expanded in recent years and encompasses many deformities and problems that were not formerly defined as medical. However, this development needs to be located within the broader discourse of modernity in order to have a better perspective on the challenges facing us today, especially in health sector. The major driving force behind medicalization, at more operational level, has been the power and control exerted by the medical profession within the domains of health and illness. Keeping in view the above argument, the present paper tries to signify the role of new reproductive technologies in the development of the discourse between modernity on one side and the subjective indigenous perceptions of women affected by reproductive contingencies on the other. In fine, the author tries to focus more on the interaction between women and the medical personnel wherein the former are more dependent on the latter vis-à-vis medicalization. Normally it has been observed that, modern occupational patterns, education and healthcare itself have affected the way of life at the grass roots. However, there are very few studies to illustrate the mechanisms through which the indigenous beliefs and practices in turn affect the above stated domains. Therefore the central thesis of the present study is that, modernity is an extraneous phenomenon which is being planted unevenly across the globe. And to view it as a singular one way process would only lead to unrealistic conclusions. The paper therefore adopts a qualitative approach towards the problem in question.

Agriculture, Family structure, Healthcare facilities, Modernity, New Reproductive Technologies.

"New Reproductive Technologies, Subjective Women’s Experiences and the Discourse on Modernity in Rural South India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.274-282, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905142.pdf

"New Reproductive Technologies, Subjective Women’s Experiences and the Discourse on Modernity in Rural South India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp274-282, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905142.pdf