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India has been exhibiting a rather promising and trend setting growth trajectory for all the nations across the globe over the past few years. The technological and scientific advancements are off the roof and portends a favorable environment for India in all respect. The growth centric plans of the Indian economy are supposedly effective but only for the upper echelons of the nations. Celebrating the achievements also calls for looking at the inadequacies and filling in the gaps. Among the oppressed the women have been the most substantially affected in terms of social and cultural imbalances. There is no denial of the fact that there has been a colossal evolution of the condition of women from what it was 20 or 30 years ago. But this growth has been showing signs of falter since the past few years where the policies have become presumptuous of already attaining its goals of equality and development. The main cause for the dwindling development can be rooted to the patriarchal norms and gender inequalities still existent in the contemporary era of egalitarianism. With much efforts put in to bring women out of the shackles of the household chores and drudgery, the quest to make them independent in all respect is still an ongoing one when it comes to education and employment. Women frequently experience disparity and inequality in workplaces in the form of pay scale differences, delayed promotions, sexual harassments etc. This article is an attempt to critically analyze how male dominance and supremacy has played a crucial role in staggering the growth of women in various spheres of life even with innumerable schemes and policies adopted for their progress