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The patriarchal system reduces women’s status to inferior position and it perpetuated its system through myths and traditions, which unfortunately have been a part of Society. Indian feminists and feminist novelists also have fought against gender discrimination and feminist issues with Indian patriarchal society, such as inheritance of laws and the practice of Sati. Despite the protest voice against patriarchal society made by some Indian feminist novelists, women living in modern India still face many problems of discrimination. India’s patriarchal culture has made the process of gaining land ownership rights and the system of gender discrimination on women servants. In past two decades, there has also emerged a trend of female infanticide abortion.