Indian Man: his true colours

INDIAN men have attained notoriety for their
'impeccable double standards vis-à-vis their career,
social status, tradition and, above all, women. As mama's
darlings, they have different sets of rules for themselves
and for their wives. However, as the world hurtles towards
the next millennium, the average Indian man finds himself
caught in a maelstrom of conflicting emotions,
compelling him to pause and rethink his attitudes and
approach towards life. The traditionally safe male
bastions have been shattered by the emergence of the
new, aggressive, self-confident and no-nonsense woman
be it at home or at the workplace.
This volume seeks to unravel how the urban Indian
men react to the challenges being thrown up by the new
woman and reveals them in their true colours. Are they
willing participants in a changing milieu or merely
helpless observers? Is there an attempt to understand the
changes necessary if sanity and sense have to prevail
within relationships? Are traditional roles being redefined
or are men only men invariably egocentric and
domineering - after all?
Sandhya Mulchandani, in the course of this thought-
provoking volume, attempts to rip off the façade
camouflaging the sordid realities of present-day Indian
society, ridden by paradoxical situations created by an
obsessive fixation with the past and the overwhelming
desire to move into the twenty-first century.