Empowerment: A Buzzword that Needs Revisiting
Abstract:

Frankly speaking, Indian government has instituted a plethora of schemes for the well-being of women and the empowering process is an integral part of such schemes without really unravelling the socio-cultural constructs within which women continue to be framed even now.


The author was formerly at the Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. saraswati_raju@hotmail.com