What is the status of women in Indian society?
The answer is a complex one — women are both abused as well as revered in the Indian society; sometimes within the same household. The Hindu religion calls for worship of the womanhood, and several rituals are conducted in honor of women. At the same time, it denied such privileges as performing the last rites and equal share of inheritance. The conditions of divorced women, widows, and unmarried working women need substantial improvement.
