Samdarshi ISSN: 2581-3986 Vol 16 Issue 1 (March 2023) 436 Feminism in Modern India: A Sociological Discourse 1 Mohd Anzar Warr Department of Sociology University of Kashmir Hazratbal Srinagar J&K, India- 190006. waranzar@gmail.com 2 Mohd Sultan Rather Research Scholar Department of Education, University of Kashmir Hazratbal Srinagar J&K, India-190006. md.sultan786@rediffmail.com Abstract: The term feminism can be used to describe a political, cultural or economic movement aimed at establishing equal rights and legal protection for women. Feminism is the belief in social, economic and political equality of the sexes. Feminism does not particularly talk about equality and rights of women but it is more about compassion, respect and understanding from the male counterparts. Throughout the world women are deprived of their social and economic rights. Twentieth century has witnessed a growing awareness among women regarding their desires, sexuality, self-definition, existence and destiny. Women’s efforts to seek their independence and self-identity started a revolution all over the world which was termed by analysts and critics as ‘Feminism’. The contemporary writers are still striving to provide liberation to the female world from the debilitating socio-cultural constraints and oppressive myths of their respective countries. In post-Independence India, where education of women had already commenced, the New Woman also had begun to emerge. Education had inculcated a sense of individuality amongst women and had aroused an interest in their human rights. It was then that the feminist trend in Indian literature had appeared on the horizon and women came into conflict with the double standards of social law through ages and the conventional moral code. In this context, the present study has been prepared in order to know about feminism in the modern Indian society. The study is based on secondary sources of data and not any other test has been utilized to carry out the research. The author found that there has been a significant impact on these variables. Keywords: Feminism, Indian society, sociological discourse 1. Introduction After a long suffering and discrimination of women to find limited recognized place in the society, she is nowadays playing an important role in society as a politician, socialist and economist. Those achievements emerged by the coming of feminism which granted women’s rights. It deals also with the efforts of feminism to change women’s oppression in the entire world and to ask for her equal rights and existence in all the domains. This study tries to see at what extend does feminism influence women’s fighting path and to answer these questions: how was the situation of women in the previous societies, What did feminism brought to woman and was feminism efficient to change women’s life. Many scholars and sociologists used the term “feminism” and they tried to define and explain it differently. Some of them use it to refer to some historical political movements in USA and Europe. Whereas, others refer it to the belief that women live an injustice life with no rights and no equality Zara Huda Faris one of the eminent researcher and international speaker and supporter of feminism explained that women need feminism because there are women who suffer injustice. The term feminism has a long history it represents women’s problems and suffering in addition to their dreams in equal opportunities in societies controlled by man i.e. his power, rules, wishes and orders. Lara Huda Faris added also that women have traditionally been dehumanized by a male dominated society which they call patriarchy and that has been always better to be a man. The term feminism appeared in France in the late of 1880s by Hunburtine Auclert in her Journal “La Citoyenne as La Feminite” where she tried to criticize male domination and to claim for women’s rights in addition to the emancipation promised by the French revolution. By the first decade of the twentieth century the term appeared in English first in Britain and then in 1910s in America and by 1920s in the Arab World as Niswia. Feminism originates from the Latin word “femina” that describes women’s issues. Feminism is concerned with females not just as a biological category but the female gender as a