The journey of Indian ladies has been the most revolutionary one till today.

The journey of Indian ladies has been the most revolutionary one till today. India is a country where ladies have been taken very lightly and treated as second class citizens. Indian women are a point of concern even in modern India. Various parts of India have presented live examples of discrimination of a girl child that starts from her home and continues for entire life. Indian epics describe women as a religious spirit but the situation is drastically different. Men believe that Indian ladies are just to support them in whatever they do. They are made by nature to satisfy men and fulfill all their needs without any complains. All these beliefs and customs made for an Indian lady give rise to situations of sorrow. Though Indian women have come a long way where she enjoys the right of equality and freedom, still there are certain issues prevalent in our society that leads to their discrimination.

While talking of ancient Indian ladies, most of the resources conclude that they enjoyed the right of equal status in the society. There was a proper education system, during the Vedic period, where Indian girls were taught. Ladies in ancient India were free to choose their life partners. There were no early marriages and other problems. However, the status of Indian women started degrading during the Mughal, and other Christian communities rule. The freedom and rights of an Indian lady started declining and some bad customs such as child marriage were introduced. Girl`s education has arrived at stake and completely banned in some parts of the society.

With the start of the medieval period, the situation of Indian women has become pathetic. Medieval period brings many ill customs and evil practices with itself. Purdah system was introduced during this period and other ill practices of sati, child marriage, and female infanticide were at peak. Though this period also welcomed some women rulers such as Razia Sultana (ruler of Delhi), Chand Bibi, Durgavati, and Nur Jahan, the Indian women were still fighting for their existence.

Modern India brings in developments for Indian women status and rights. Today Indian ladies are doing well in almost all fields and marked their presence with some great achievements. These changes are a result of some great reforms conducted by humanists such as Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar, Jotiba Phule, etc. These reformers did a great work to uplift the status of Indian women. Modern ladies enjoy the right of equality, right to education, and right to work.

Indian ladies are now considered equivalent to males in every respect, whether it is related to property, education, expression, etc. Indian women are more powerful as she is educated, independent, and moves freely in the society. Still there are some issues that make the life of women miserable, specially in case of poor and middle class families. Middle class women need to do a lot of efforts to achieve her rights. They are often mistreated by their husband`s and other males of the society. Middle class women suffer from malnutrition, maternal mortality, lack of education, female infanticide, sex selective abortions, health, and domestic violence. Dowry is another ill effect prevalent in our society. It is the major cause suicides being committed by Indian women each year. If these bad practices are removed from our society then certainly the life on an Indian girl becomes better. She will be able to breathe freely without any fear.

There are many examples of successful women in modern India that makes us proud. What more can we say about the potential of Indian girls when our own president is a lady. Indian ladies are giving their best in every field whether its IT, journalism, medical, and many other. There is an increased number of Indian girls joining defense services that show that they are no less in endurance if compared to males. Irrespective of achieving so much, Indian women are generally misbehaved.