The Indian Sociological Society successfully completed its project on the Golden Jubilee Volumes. In all seven volumes under the series ‘Themes in Indian Sociology’ have been published during 2003-2005. There has been an enthusiastic response from students, teachers and researchers who have found the volumes very useful. The Society is also expected to benefit financially from the income through royalty. We would like to thank the Editors and Academic Advisors for their cooperation in preparing the volumes. Our special thanks to Tejeshwar Singh, Omita Goyal,. Ritu Vajpeyi-Mohan and their colleagues at the Sage Publications for their willing cooperation and support in maintaining the time schedule and high quality of production.