Romila Pruthi
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No reading of India's struggle for freedom can be complete without knowing the role of Sister Nivedita, the Irish revolutionary who took up the cause of India's independence. Highly religious-minded, she was drawn to Swami Vivekananda and the teachings of the Ramakrishna Mission and gave up the land of her birth to become a Brahmacharin—a full fledged follower of the Swami. However, she gave this up too, as the rules of the mission prohibited political activity ...
"Education, employment and empowerment are the three vital weapons that have been recognised as powerful tools in ensuring the upliftment of women. There is pressing need for planners and policy makers to understand and encourage the empowerment of the Indian woman. With education comes employment and with this comes economic freedom, upon which the edifice of empowerment is built. Only when this is achieved can we hope for a transformation in the ...
"The Position of Women in India-right from the ancient through medieval to the modern times-has always attracted debate. Some scholars opine that women enjoyed greater freedom in the days of yore, others hold that the opposite is true. Here we have tried to present the facts as they were by quoting extensively from the Puranas and Smrtis. However, as recognised by the editors in this book, women have always been fighting for equal recognition in society. ...
"Women down the ages have always had to demand equal status for themselves in society. This is more so in a traditional set-up like India, where women have forever been a step behind men in deference to the "higher status" of man. The book 'Women in Law & Politics' specifically charts the progress of women, through their trials and tribulations, in their difficult journey demanding equal status in this male-dominated society. This book examines ...
This book is the story of an Englishwoman who adopted India as her ‘motherland‘ and worked and lived as a true daughter of the land. So committed was she to the progress and development of India that she did not hesitate for even a moment to call for independence and urge countrymen of the land of her birth to give India its freedom. Her role in India being a proud sovereign nation today cannot be underestimated. She left no stone unturned to achieve her ...
This book is the historical documentation of the women who braved the colonial rulers of India and committed themselves to the fight for the freedom of the country. They were focused on only one goal—the freedom of the country. Annie Besant, Sarojini Naidu, Aruna Asaf Ali, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Madame Bhikaji Cama and Margaret Cousins, who were among the early pioneers of the women’s nationalist movement in India, inspired thousands of other women, and also ...
"During Vedic times, women had full equality in all spheres with men. However, over time, the social system became male-oriented for various reasons, and women found themselves subjugated to the will of the men in the family. This book is an attempt to focus on the long and arduous struggle by women for their rights and for equality. That they were successful to a large extent is the fact that a woman even became the Prime Minister of India. Students of ...
Social structures, cultural norms and value systems have great bearing on social expectations regarding the behaviour of Indian women and determine their roles and position in society. The systems, descent, family and kinship, marriage, religious traditions, education provide the ideology and moral basis for women's notions about their rights and duties. Urbanisation, industrialisation, modernisation and economic aspects such as occupation, education and income ...