I'm against 'isms'. They all fall short somewhere along the way, feminism, however, has yet to fail especially in India. The pendulum still has to swing to the extreme right before it can reach the middle ground or take the 'middle way'.

Living in a village which will soon be swallowed by Bangalore I'm in touch with the lives of village women. Some rule their homes with the iron fists but most are subservient to their husbands. Some have good husbands while others rue the day they got married to the SOBs.

Beatings, marital rape, home break in and then rape are not unheard of, ask them why the cops weren't called and the reply is that cops are worse than the criminals themselves.

While we urban educated women have moved forward and asserted our rights to rub shoulders with the men, the villagers continue to trample over the women.

Who fights for their rights?

Hell, when Archana Pandey could not lodge an FIR against a UNICEF chief what chances do regular uneducated Indian women have?