Women in India are becoming more and more conscious of their constitutional and statutory rights, even the rural and tribal women among them. This consciousness has awakened in them sense of urgency in experiencing equality and social justice. Without equality and social justice, there cannot be democracy, which is the exercise of the general will of the people. To improve any society, development of both male and female should be on equal footing. The constitution of India has explicitly conferred on women equal rights and opportunities political, social, educational and of employment with men. There can be no real progress of women of a country are not made partners in the process of development. This book aims to analyse modernization in terms of changes in the attitudes and behaviour towards the institutions of marriage and family.