Historical Contexts which Impacted Gender Issues in Colonial India

Dr Vidya M Joseph, Siri Lucille Chenni

Abstract: The trajectory of Indian history during the colonial period is at once complex and contradictory-simultaneously recording the articulation of women?s experiences and perspective and the various attempts to erase the women?s voices. This necessitates a careful, objective analysis of the contradictions shaped by the historical and political processes of the period. In this paper, an attempt is made to describe the historical contexts which impacted gender issues by drawing upon some significant instances of women?s expression.

Keywords: Historical Context, Gender Issue, Colonial India