The present book is a finest work on the political empowerment of rural women. The author as personally as met several rural women and obtained their opinions on the functioning of their village panchayats . The author has specifically mentioned the opinions of sarpanches are village head men. This book has started with political empowerment of women during and after independence of India. The special feature of the book is to focus on 73rd amendment which provides political reservations to women achieve their political goals. The author has mentioned political reservations provided to women in the villages of four mandals of Srikakulam district which are situated in the Andhrapradesh a Southern state of India. This book consisting of eight chapters which are full of information.