What are counter movements?

Counter movement is the movement which is opposed to any other social movement. The movement starts after a social movement starts against any practice in the society. While social movements seek to bring in social change, counter-movements sometimes arise in defense of the status quo. Examples of such movements are: when reformers campaigned for widow remarriage, they were socially boycotted and when the so-called ‘lower caste' children enrolled in schools, some so-called ‘upper caste’ children were withdrawn from the schools by their families.