The essay involves an analysis of the constricted role of woman in Indian society and public affairs as part of an ongoing process of civilizational change. This demands an identification of the structure of individual and cultural defences which…

Child Marriage and its impact of the child bride's life through personal accounts.
Suppressed sexuality and closed households facilitating extra-marital relations which, even when found were suppressed within the family to prevent "public"…

The article compares legal perspectives and norms between Britain and India to establish that the distinction drawn by English lawyers between "custom" and "usage" does not exist in India. There being in England no such thing as a " personal law," in…