Indian society started to respond to the characteristic challenges of West, which gradually commenced from the dawn of 19th century. In this context, social reform became the first popular issue among Indian intellectuals who, inspired by the liberal views of social change and in the hope of preventing social abuses and launched movements more particularly for women. It is essential to understand in detail the new women movements, which are manifestations of pluralistic paradigm of development and democracy. Moreover, an insight into the struggle for women‟s rights will certainly become more intense in the coming decades. There is a qualitative difference and strategic variations between the present women‟s struggle and earlier liberation movements against oppression. This article focuses on women‟s movement and its role in India with special focus on Tamil Nadu. It also reviews the nature and working of women‟s organizations, as a lens to the Indian women‟s movement.

Keywords: Women's Movement, Paradigm, Strategy