POSITION OF WOMEN IN CONTEMPORARY INDIA
“A women is like a tea-bag---you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.” - Eleanor Roosevelt. Introduction : There was a time when Indian women were known to be just household workers and that was treated to be their only field of work. Gradually since the time of independence Indian women started to crop out of their house bounds and started to take active part in the struggle for Indian independence. Some notable names are found in the Indian Struggle for Independence. Some of the memorable works of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay also reflects that Indian Women were mostly rooting for liberalization of thought and culture during the British Raj. The likes of Rabindranath Tagore also had contributed towards the upliftment of women in Indian Society through their works of literature. Presence of female writers like Sarojini Naidu, Kamala Das were felt during the fight for independence. The position of Indian women since the Vedic age to Modern a...