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Telangana became a separate state in 2014 with a lot of sacrifices from women The article provides a brief histography and revolves around those women of Telangana, who actively participated in different political and social movements of Telangana or India as a whole.

Defining and measuring the disability is critical social issue. In the past, many social scientists including demographers, geographers and sociologists have attempted to define the term disability in their normative discipline sense. In this paper, we have tried to reappraise disability from the significant earlier literature and discuss it in a revised manner. It is aptly argued that disability seems to a fluid state or condition and the ontological strand of the concept is modified, redefined over the time. The bodily art of the paper covers the conceptual definition of disability and its related models, statistical density and magnitude of disability that is particularly based on different categories including gender and the urban rural distinction of India. Disability as a socio-cultural term and a lived experience doesn't promote change. So, the wide complex issues of the disability are also discussed in the kaleidoscope of developmental issues to show the disadvantages posed by disability through social meaning and the politics of normalcy. It has been suggested that there is a need to reframed disability with conceptual reference to sick role, deviance or functional limitation and the term should not be used without denoting the socio-cultural phenomenon.

Maternal and child healthcare (MCHC) is an important aspect of healthcare that poses major challenges in the healthcare system. Despite the implementation of various MCHC programmes and policies, MCHC development in India is still grossly lagging. The tribal populations and tribal-dominated areas are more vulnerable, and they are more or less deprived of their basic right to MCHC services. In this context, this article is a modest attempt to analyse the pattern of MCHC services among tribals in India with a special reference to the tribal-dominated districts of Odisha. Besides, the article also aims to explore the factors determining low MCHC achievements in these regions. Secondary data have been used from National Family Health Surveys and other published documents by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs for the study. Simple percentage ratio method and multiple regression techniques have been employed to substantiate the objectives. It is observed that MCHC indicators among tribals and tribal-dominated areas are lagging behind the national indicators and a multipronged approach with an emphasis on effective implementation of schemes in tribal areas is highly required. Districts with dense tribal populations in Odisha are placed among the low-performing districts in MCHC. Women's education and marriage below legal age emerged significant in determining institutional delivery rate in districts of Odisha. While the coefficient for women's literacy is positive, it is found to be negative for marriage below legal age. Mother's education significantly contributes to children's immunisation as well. The findings suggest the importance of a long-term strategy like improvement of women's education for MCHC developments. In addition to development of education and awareness, maternal and child health schemes also need to be made available in tribal areas by provision of services in hilly and inaccessible regions and by breaking cultural barriers.

National Conference cum Workshop on "Interfaith Dialogue on Communal Harmony and National Integration", held during 15th and 16th October 2019, organized by Department of Social Work, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Central University of Tamil Nadu in collaboration with National Foundation for Communal Harmony