Synopsis The fair sex constitutes about fifty percent population of the world. Through the centuries she has been evolving her own full-fledged development facing the uncountable challenges in the form of several afflictions largely from the male sex, In India, as history reveals and it is conspicuously observed in the contemporary society, the afflictions of the fair sex have been illiteracy, widowhood, Bride burning, sati, child marriage, rape, dowry, sexual harassment etc. Despite of various efforts for the uplift of her status, she is still far away. A great deals is even today left to bring the weaker vessel on parity with that of the male sex. The present study tries to explore and analyse some of the challenges that already exist or have cropped up in the society and which need to be tackled. All the different essays brought out here together have been scholarly contributions of leading woman writers from the different corners of the country. Not only these essays are written interestingly but provide a true and research oriented aspects of the prevailing social evils. To put briefly, while the book is a must buy for every women, it is also of much use to the male sex.