India has a patriarchial society, a society that gives more power to men, values them more and gives them power over women. Even after so many years of independence, the status of women is very low. The literacy rate of women is 54% as compared to 76% among men. There are more women dropouts from school than among men. Parents want to spend more on boys’ education than on girls’. Even today, in many states of India, a girl-child is aborted before birth. The sex ratio has fallen in many states like Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Tamil Nadu. In 2001, according to the census, the average male-female ratio was 1000 : 933. Though the government has passed Equal Wages Act, yet women are paid much less. There are still no equal wages for equal work in the field of sports, movies, factories and fields, the household work a woman does is given no importance or value. Women have hardly any role in decision-making process. We can see this by the low percentage of women in the Parliament, State assemblies, managerial posts, senior officials and among professionals and technical workers. India has celebrated “Year of the Child,” and “Year of the Women”. We had a woman Prime Minister, but still the status of women is low. There have been some changes in recent years, yet nothing much has been done. Reservation alone cannot solve this problem. More power has to be given to women to find their rightful place at home and in public affairs also.