Women are considered as the soul of a society. They are self-trained and self-empowered humans responsible for the moral and overall development of their children. They are a great inspiration to the family and a leading example to the society. The social stratification of women in India considers them as a second rate citizen of…
Our society comprises men and women. In earlier times, men were considered to be the leading members of a family. They were responsible for earning their livelihood and were the decision takers of the family. On the other hand, women were responsible for doing household work and upbringing of the children. So, the roles were…
Sati practice a predominately highly exaggerated and known practice. Which has been considered condemnous Hindu practice for a long time. Time to open up your eyes. In Rigveda there is a hymn certainly telling that women have all the right for remarriage if her husband dies. Which is – ‘Udisharv naryabhi jevalokam gatasumetmapu shesh aehi…
Women face harassment and discrimination all over the world. Being a woman in India is not easy at all. The deep-rooted misogyny that runs in the veins of so many people is like a parasite that eats their brains and is a barrier to our country’s road to success. The most haunting part is that…
INTRODUCTION: A superstition is a belief in supernatural causality that one causes naturally without linking the two events. The word superstition is generally used to refer to the religion not practiced by the majority of given society SUPERSTITIONS IN INDIA: Our India and its beliefs are sometimes out of the mind. For e.g., Black cat…
When I say the word ‘farmer’, a male person comes to the mind with maybe a turban on his head and a plough in his hand, standing in a field. Often human mind can only address instinctively, only those things that we are familiar with and it chooses to ignore the wider perspective. A Woman…
Out of the total population of India, 48% of it are women, out of them only 5 to 15% choose the legal profession. The meagre number of women in legal profession is a testament to the fact that sustaining a profession in this sector is not easy. Harrassment, gender biases and insensitivity of male co-workers…
Rape is defined in section 375 IPC as every sexual assault including non-consensual intercourse with a female by a male. Exception (2), to section 375 IPC provides protection in sexual assault to husband with his own wife. Section 375 IPC, Exception (2): – “Sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his own wife,…
BACKGROUND In the early nineteenth century serious situation arise the rights normally enjoyed by women were often withdrawn when she married. Indeed, a woman gave up so many civil and property rights under law upon crossing the doorstep that she was said to be entering a state of “civil death.” But this arose unhappy…
Widow is a woman who has lost her spouse. “Widowhood is a situation of social demise of the husband,” says Mohini Giri, a veteran activist in the fight for Women’s rights and a widow herself, who was nominated for the Nobel Prize 2005. She explained that many conservative families see widows as a liability. The…
