ENDANGERING WOMEN'S CULTURE IN THE NAME OF EMPOWERMENT

Bharat (India) is a land of diversity having its roots firmly ingrained in the culture and traditions. Women are considered as an empowering force who can carry the badge of both modernity and tradition with grace. A tendency to imbibe ultra-modernism in the name of empowerment and distorting the meaning of true feminism has jeopardized the true essence of women’s demeanor. The objective of the paper is to identify the gap leading to such massive cultural change of women who held equal parameters as those of men. This article will provide a qualitative background of the issues and concerns of more divorce cases, lifestyle changes in women’s perspectives, socio-economic influences of the west on women which has led to weakening of relationships at large.