This paper critically analyses issues related to gender and land rights in the state of Rajasthan.

No one, finds Shobha Saxena in Rajasthan. Despite laws prohibiting such marriages, thousands of children are forced into it. The officials are least interested to punish the guilty and the people are too callous and orthodox to change. 

In choosing to look at the age of marriage, the study was conducted in the impoverished communities of Doroli of Alwar district and the Kathaputali colony, a slum area of Jaipur, the capital city of Rajasthan. Both areas are

In recent years, with the increased pace of urbanisation and modernisation, Indian women of all social classes have entered professional occupations.