1. Folk Festivities : Traditions and Transformations

• Nature of the Village culture
• How the life centers around village tutelary deity, and festivities and cultural traditions evolve around it.
• Folk Festivities and pursuit of trade, commerce and economics of village.
• Rights, duties and economics of traditional devotees and artisans with respect to folk festivities.
• Relation between Folk culture and folk festivities-Nature of mutual support and growth.
• Dialogue or conflict between orthodoxy and modernism: In accordance with modernization, rationalism and impacts of globalization e.g. monotonous cultural manifestation (cultural flattening), various challenges faced by religious beliefs.
• Folk Festivities and manifestation of religious beliefs and moral values of village life.

2. Jatipuranas and social history

• Jatipurana: An important resource of studying social history.
• Scripted Jatipuranas and vocal Jatipuranas- Nature of their content
• A rebellious commentary on social systems and conducts.
• An allegorical/metaphorical history of injustice and exploitation.
• Self esteem of underprivileged and depressed classes as reflected in the Jatipuranas.
• Nature and interpretation of myths and mythical symbols in Jatipuranas.

3. Sthalapuranas and history of religion

• The 'Puranic' nature of Sthalapuranas and Sthana-mahatmyas
• Geographical History reflected in Sthalapuranas.
• Nature of cultural history reflected in Sthalapuranas.
• Sthalapuranas and theogony.
• Various social beliefs and their transformations as reflected in Sthalapuranas.
• A review of religious beliefs and religious transformations with the help of Sthalapuranas.

4. 1857-War of Independance: Truths and myths

• Contemporary records: Nature of war
• Comments of various social leaders on the war.
• Acceptance of the war during the period of 1857 to 1947
• How the war gained a mythical status in India's struggle of independence
• Records, comments, analysis of this war in Maharashtra after independence.
• How mindset Maharashtriyan people accepted this war.

5. Struggles and upheavals for Social Equality, and caste identity.

• Agitations in Maharashtra directly or indirectly related to social equality from 12th century to 20th century: Nature and Inspirations.
• Impacts of agitations: Contemporary and later reflections.
• Nature of transformations made by agitations.
• Thoughts on equality and political Maharashtra in 19th century.
• Politics and social agitations in Maharashtra after independence.
• Analytical interpretation of modern forms of caste consciousness and prides.