The First Chapter Discusses Many Discourses on Women's Past As Contemporary Women In India and Offers an Outline of Women As Topics of Literature. In This Segment, I Have Attempted to Locate 'Females' In National and Regional History, Stressing the Condition of Women Who Reside In Flung and Poor Places. I Also Sought to Stress In This Chapter That Women's Role Is a Social Framework and Defines Their Interaction With Others. In This Chapter I Have Tried to Explore the Prevalent Social Structures Through Different Examples, Especially Through Established Customs.