IRJMSH Vol 10 Issue 6 [Year 2019] ISSN 2277 – 9809 (0nline) 2348–9359 (Print) International Research Journal of Management Sociology & Humanity ( IRJMSH ) Page 69 www.irjmsh.com The Status of Women in modern India –A study Sujatha Lokanadham Assistant Professor Department of English and Humanities MVGR College of Engineering Dr.M.S.Kamala Kumari Sr.Assistant Professor Department of English and Humanities MVGR College of Engineering ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract The status of women in India has been subjected to many great changes over the past few decades.Women have been progressed,educated and employed by reforms and upliftment which brought a radical change in the society but without touching the roots of the problems that women have been fighting with. Women's rights under the constitution mainly include equality, dignity, and freedom from discrimination; additionally, India has various statutes governing the rights of women. However, women in India continue to face numerous problems such as sexual assault, gender inequality and dowry.The status of women in India is like the eco system of the earth, losing its actual shape and qualities and taking a new change imbalanced and unwanted leading to a smaller problem to a bigger one. Key words:Indain women-Freedom-Indian Society-actual status-Role of men and society – women hood-boon-bane. The Status of Women in modern India –A study Women are just on the threshold of transition from tradition to modernity. The women themselves desire that their status and position in society should rise higher. Though a proper climate for such a change is still wanting, yet there have been many structural and statutory innovations for the improvement of their position. The traditional status and role sets of women are breaking up and new role sets based on achievement, independence and equality are gradually coming up.But the fact is that women are being dragged from one kind of problem to the other.The alarming question is Have they been dragged to a better position or to the worse now?