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In search of answers offers a selection of the most incisive records--analysis as well as testimony--to have appeared in the journal in the first five years. Vividly portrayed are the living and working conditions and the day-to-day struggles of millions of ordinary Indian women. The articles explore why, even four decades after independence, women remain oppressed, and need to toil endlessly for basic necessities--food, fuel, and water. This culture of women's ...
This collection of essays by the prominent activist Madhu Kishwar discusses various issues relating to religion, religious sectarianism and nationalism. Written between 1984 and 1996 in response to specific situations of ethnic violence and conflict, most of these essays were published earlier in Manushi, the well-known journal which Kishwar edits. One of Kishwar’s dominant concerns is the criminalization of Indian polity. Through four essays dealing with ...
"For the past two decades, Madhu Kishwar has been at the forefront of the battle for justice and equality for women. Manushi, the journal of which she is the founding editor, is well known throughout the country and abroad for bringing women's issues to the centre state of political discourse in India. Presented here are some of Kishwar's best and most controversial essays, each tackling a topic of vital concern for Indian women today: the role of marriage ...