Freedom is not free: A Naga Woman perspective

A Woman literally means inferior in the patriarchal dominated hierarchy. The Naga society is a patrilineal, patrilocal, and patriarchal. The women have been subjugated throughout their life. ! women's life is designed even before she is born. She is to behave, talk, live and earned within the male domination society. The designated and structured life allows liberties within the patriarchal hierarchy. A Naga woman has rights within the family, and in the society, yet she has no Freedom. Her freedom comes with label and rules. Her education is limited with that label. A Woman has no voice in the mainstream political life. She is expected to carry out her duties faithfully sacrificing her own needs. This paper analyses the women in the Naga society within the patriarchal realm.