LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 14:11 November 2014
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
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         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
         C. Subburaman, Ph.D. (Economics)
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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Perspectives on Indian Woman

Dr. P. Jayaseela, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
A. Bhagyalakshmi, M.A., M.Phil., NET., Ph.D. Candidate

Abstract

In every one of us is a secret shrine, where no one could intrude, to which we must retire as often possible and discover what our true self is as distinct from the appearance we present to the world outside.

Some claim that in ancient India women were accorded equal status with men, but owing to a variety of causes, she was relegated to a backward position in all walks of life. The woman was forced in to either of the two extreme moulds: one, the idealized woman as an embodiment of all virtues advantageous to man, the other projected her as a helpless and ignorant creature entirely dependent on man. In both cases the real woman was missing.

Keywords: Indian Women, Equal Status, Embodiment of Virtues, True Self

Condition of Indian Women

Mostly Indian women are controlled and conditioned by the dictates of their husbands and their family. Educated or illiterate, rich or poor they have to depend on their husbands for everything. Women are not treated on par with men and the men are entitled to a privileged treatment everywhere. It is they who control the destiny of women.

Women are indeed living at the mercy of men. At present a woman’s existence depends on the men who came/come into her life, like a father, brother or husband. The men determine her fate, make decisions on her behalf and decide what is good or bad for her.

The material cares of the women (in the event of her family being wealthy) are taken care of by the affluence of wealth and servants. But their emotional needs do not seem to be met at all. As a result of this, they seem to live in a constant limbo of private sufferings, which are qualitatively different from the material sufferings of the woman.

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Dr. P. Jayaseela, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Head and Associate Professor in English
Tiruppur Kumaran College for Women
Tirupur 641687
Tamilnadu
India
p.jayaseela@gmail.com

A. Bhagyalakshmi, M.A., M.Phil., NET., Ph.D. Candidate
Assistant Professor in English
Tiruppur Kumaran College for Women
Tirupur 641687
Tamilnadu
India
bhagyalk10@gmail.com
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