Women in india

Objectification of wo custody in India You can tell the condition of a Nation by looking at the status of its Women. Jawaharlal Nehru, Leader of Indias Independence movement, and Indias first anthesis Minister. According to a global poll conducted by Thomson Reuters, India is the fourth more or less dangerous country in the homo for women and the worst country for women among the 620 countries. Todays India offers a lot of opportunities to women, with women having a voice in everyday life, the business world as well as in political life.Nevertheless India is still a anthropoid dominated society, where women are ften seen as subordinate and small to men. In Ancient India, scholars believe that in ancient India, women enjoyed equal status with men in all aspects of life. Works by ancient Indian grammarians such as PatanJali and Katyayana stir that women were educated in the early Vedic period. Rigvedic verses suggest that women married at a mature age and were probably give u p to select their own husbands. So, what happened in the middle age/ Medieval bound of Indian civilization?Indian womens couch in society still deteriorated during the medieval period, when Sati, child marriages and a ban on emarriage by widows became mathematical function of social life in virtually communities in India. Indias Patriarchal Traditions share Tradition Much of the discrimination against women arises from Indias percentage tradition, where the brides family gives the grooms family m unmatchedy and/or gifts. Dowries were do illegal in India in 1961, however the law is almost impracticable to enforce, and the practice persists for most marriages.Women as a Liability The Indian paper grants women equal rights to men, but strong patriarchal traditions persist in galore(postnominal) different societal parts, with womens lives shaped by ustoms that are centuries old. Hence, in these strata daughters are often regarded as a liability, and conditioned to believe tha t they are inferior and subordinate to men, whereas sons might be idolized and celebrated. Discrimination against Women It should be historied that in a vast country like India spanning 3. 9 zillion sq. km, where cultural backgrounds, religions and traditions vary widely the extend of discrimination against women also varies from one societal stratum to another and from state to state some areas in India being historically more inclined to gender bias than others. present tense scenario Women are becoming unprotected day by day both(prenominal) at their homes and outside. The NCRB (National Crime Record Bureau) states in its report that every minute of arc in India 18 women are raped.There has been recorded 700 per cent phenomenal summation in cases of rape from 1971 datas, whereas in other areas of crime against women this increase is three hundred per cent. Evidently, this heinous crime against women reflects the taltering moral and mental state ot men in society . There nas been a marked increase in crimes against women in recent years. Every year around 6000 women are prey to share deaths. Bride burning is the major means of dowry death. Rural areas are attestor to more violations of womens human rights. This is more concerning because more than 70 per cent of Indian population resides in the rural areas.In rural areas women are prey to harassment every 26th minute, rape every 34th minute, sexual poke fun every 42nd minute, kidnapping every 43rd minute and dowry death every 93rd minute. While in the educated, urban middle separate womens rights continue to improve, there remains a strong bias against gender equality in those societal parts of India, where patriarchal traditions prevail. Consequently, in these strata all inheritance of a deceased husband or father would be passed down to the oldest son, while his wife or daughters would not receive each financial benefit.There are laws in place to ensure legal breastplate for womens right to inheritance, but the enforcement of the law is challenging, when the woman is refused her right by the family, and when she is not confident or educated enough to claim her right. Bollywood The narratives of Hindi movie house have undoubtedly been male dominated and male centric. Themes have been explored from the male audiences point of view. The heroine is always secondary to the hero. Her role is charted out in mise en scene of any male character which is central to the script.It may be the hero, the villain, the father, the boss, an immemorial male figure etc. She is devoid of any independent creation and her Journey throughout the film is explored in relation to the male character. This sorting of straightjacketing limits the womens role to providing glamour, relief, respite and entertainment. For eg Priyanka Chopras character in Agneepath (2012) is not of any significance to the story as such. It is only to give the audience a reak from the tedious scenes of violence a nd drama. She is there only as a amorous partner to Hrithik Roshan who is busy in avenging his fathers brutal murder.Chronicling the males experiences, dreams, stories, revenge, angst, ambitions etc has been the nerve center of Hindi films. In the action genre of films popularized by the likes of Akshay Kumar, Sunny Deol and Sunil Shetty the heroine is on the spur of the moment placed in the romantic track as a beguilement for the viewer from monotonous bouts of violence. It is unusual to witness a strong young-bearing(prenominal) character in an action movie even if she indulges in some fghts and punches. Where are the Charlies Angels of Bollywood (2000) and where can we find a character that Angelina Jolie played in SALT (2010)?Bollywood has so far dished out such distaff characters that the audience has almost been tamed into accepting women in certain kinds of roles only. demonstration It is difficult to come to a uniform conclusion on the act of celluloid women. Consider ing the fact that women in India are not a consistent group they belong to different religions, castes, frame, and socio-economic status and have different kinds of ambitions and desires as a result of which they lead different lives, it is mproper to conclude that women on Indian silver screen have been portrayed in an identical manner.The personation ot course nas to be sensitive to the category to which they belong. For e. g. An urban middle class womans story would be entirely different from that of a woman in a village. Films thus have to be responsive towards the context in which they locate women characters. Women characters should possess agency to dismantle the existing power structures as well as be able to negotiate their own position within this structure. It is time that cinema seeks a redefinition of women as objects of male gaze. Womens experiences and dilemmas as points of narration are the need of the hour.Going beyond the stereotypes will do a great help to th e cause of women in Indian society. Cinema has to realise a separate and independent space for Indian women to help them have their dreams. Cinemas only end is not to entertain. It must begin a collect for social change through entertainment. As a media product, identified to rush along the process of modernity, cinema should not stick to the ?formula film6 it should come up with more progressive representations of women. Such portrayals would do justice to women and their role in the society.