Conflict of tradition and law. Socio-political women in India at the turn of the XX and XXI century

Abstract

Recent media reports about the loud process men accused of the brutal rape of a student started a new discussion about the position of women in Indian society. This status at the turn of the twentieth and twenty-first to a large extent still is the result of tensions caused by the clash of tradition and modernity. The aim of this research work is to show the rank of the issue of socio-political women in India at the turn of the century. Article focuses on the determinants that have shaped the contemporary Indian political system and the description of the contemporary Indian society and discuss the major social problems of India. Moreover, analyses the determinants of religious and regulating the position of women in society. The article seeks to discuss contemporary media events, and analyse the development of problem in the future.