Subject(s): Women and Hindu tradition, feminine identity in India, woman v/s womanliness in India- essay in social and political psychology, feminism - Indian ethos and Indian convictions -- Stereotype : Sex role stereotypes in northern India and US, sex role attitudes of college students in India, parental sex role orientation and sex stereotypes of children, concepts of femininity and liberation in context of changing sex roles- women in modern India and America -- Violence : Violence in family- wife beating, bride burning- psycho social dynamics of dowry deaths, sex determination and sex preselection tests- abuse of advanced technologies, female infanticide in contemporary India- case study of Kallars of Tamil Nadu, rape in India -- Media : Eternal receptacles- study of mistreatment of women in Hindi films, Feminism and cinema and realism, portrayal of women in television, women and sexism- language of Indian textbooks -- Awareness : Emergence and proliferation of autonomous women's groups in India, forming a women's group in Chandigarh- experiences of male activist, teaching men about women, indigenous feminism in a modern Hindu sect -- women & society