Challenges to the Fair Sex

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The fair sex constitutes about fifty percent population of the world. Through the centuries she has been evolving her own full-fledged development facing the uncountable challenges in the form of several afflictions largely from the male sex, In India, as history reveals and it is conspicuously observed in the contemporary society, the afflictions of the fair sex have been illiteracy, widowhood, Bride burning, sati, child marriage, rape, dowry, sexual harassment etc. Despite of various efforts for the uplift of her status, she is still far away. A great deals is even today left to bring the weaker vessel on parity with that of the male sex. The present study tries to explore and analyse some of the challenges that already exist or have cropped up in the society and which need to be tackled. All the different essays brought out here together have been scholarly contributions of leading woman writers from the different corners of the country. Not only these essays are written interestingly but provide a true and research oriented aspects of the prevailing social evils. To put briefly, while the book is a must buy for every women, it is also of much use to the male sex.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR J.L. Gupta

Mr. J.L. Gupta (b. 1958) did his P.G. Diploma in Book Publishing (specialisation in Editing) from CVS, University of Delhi (1983-85) in first class. With brilliant academic career, Mr. Gupta has been keenly involuved with the Editorial activites for nearly a decade. He is well conversant with the nuances in Book-Publishing: Editing Production. He has published certain articles in journals and has been editing certain newsletters dealing with book-publishing. Besides his present edited and compiled reference work A Dictionary of Administrative and Legislative Terms: English-Hindi, Mr. Gupta has authored Intriccies in Writing and Editing Books (A Compendium for Upcoming Authors, Editors, Proof reders REsearch Scholars and Publishers (in press). He has also edited a volume Chalenges to the Fair Sex (Indian Woman: Problems, Plights & Progresses). Currently, Mr. Gupta is associated with Gian Publishing House, Delhi heading the Editorial Department in the capacity of a Managing Editor monitoring the editorial and production activities.