Patriarchy in India starts with the control of women or merl in the family but works in such a way as to perpetuate caste hierarchies; and the preservation of caste is the basis for the functioning of this patriarchy. Will the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill as it is, as a first measure, without a wide-ranging discussion of the underlying caste issues really empower women in the struggle against patriarchy in the social and political specificity of present-day India?
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Univ Witwatersrand, Wits Sch Governance, Johannesburg, South Africa
2 St Davids Pl,Parktown, ZA-2050 Johannesburg, South AfricaUniv Witwatersrand, Wits Sch Governance, Johannesburg, South Africa