"The present work is refreshingly a new visit to the issue of empowerment to women. The author takes a departure from the ethnographic studies of tribals as are traditionally given by anthropologists. The approach taken in the present study is to analyse the status of tribal women in the light of 73 Constitutional Amendment. The amendment has empowered tribal women in Panchayat Raj institutions. Basically the problem of social stratification in terms of gender relations has been taken up by the author. Her argument is simple: she says that people should be equal but they are different. The logic is that when we differentiate women against men we do it on the basis of hierarchy. We put value on men and women. It is the difference in value which creates gender problem. Her logic is that when the women have been given power, they control the affairs of the Panchayat Samiti. This puts them higher in the stratification hierarchy. 73 Constitutional Amendment has make difference between male members and female members. How this difference has laid the tribals to the path of development and how the gender hierarchy of women has been elevated, is the focus of author’s enquiry. Some of her findings are exciting for political workers, legislators and development administrators."
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