MA(S)KING THE WOMAN: CULTURE AND THE BIRTHING OF THE INDIAN WOMAN
MA(S)KING THE WOMAN: CULTURE AND THE BIRTHING OF THE INDIAN WOMAN

Summary/Abstract: If one has to, to any extent, empower women and free them from the shackles that so surreptitiously enmesh them in a manner that they are not even realised, let alone fought against, one needs to understand what goes into ma(s)king a woman. By analysing seemingly innocuous areas like dressing, manner of address, expected behavioural patterns, language and literature constructs and projections as well as religious and social rituals and dogmas, my paper would attempt to shed light on the diverse, yet composite, Indian woman, as she has been given birth to and constructed through culture.

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