Crimes in the Country of Goddesses: Crimes Against Women in India

About BookThe book portrays the evolution, or some may consider devolution of the position of women in India, and how society plays a crucial role in it. The relationship between the psyche of the society in general and the individual rights of a woman throughout history is seen to be in a loop, both intricately affecting each other. For example how Sati was acceptable in the earlier days, which was later made illegal and shunned. With the advent of the 21st century, women are faced with a new challenge and to strive for equality, for example, sexual harassment at workplace or cyber crime. The book highlights the journey of women and makes it relevant even to contemporary times as if to show the things women have gone through, the society they are dealing with now and the things to be learned in the future.About Author"Piyasha Das, is a law student from Amity University, Kolkata. She has been a book worm from a very early age and loved to read and know about the history of the country. Studying law has made her interested on researching on the legal position of women in our country and hence the book has been the result of her interest. She also likes to write blogs and has written some interesting blogs on 'Women's condition during partition of the country' and 'The Nirbhaya Act'. She has also contributed in some international journal papers on topics like 'Human trafficking' and 'indecent representation of women'. 'Crimes in the country of Goddesses' is her first book. "