Women's studies has presently been a subject of great interest and importance. Of late the subject has emerged as an independent academic discipline. This book, a unique collection of scholarly articles presents a general survey of the life status and role of Indian women with special reference to Orissa since earliest times to the modern period. The chapters in the book deal with various facets of Indian women and go far beyond mere elementary and secondary ...
Orissa’s struggle for freedom provides an outline on the most crucial period of Indian history i.e. the first half of twentieth century by making a comparative analysis of the Congress movement and the Oriya movement launched simultaneously during the above mentioned period. Through this book we have endeavoured to give an objective and balanced account of the nationalist as well as regional trends in Orissa politics in the wider background of the glorious ...