Pandora’s Daughters

Women in India have a long way to go to achieve meaningful empowerment buta beginning has certainly been made. The growth of political parties led bywomen is a hopeful sign and the fact that the number is only growing is alsoimportant. Social changes, increasing access to education and health, growingawareness among women to fight for their due place and, above all, thedetermination to achieve empowerment, provide a fillip to womens dreams.Pandoras daughters analyses the strategies deployed by eight prominentwomen leaders in modern India to achieve high levels of power in a maledominated world of Indian politics. The list includes Sonia Gandhi, Mayawati,Mamata Banerjee, Jayalalithaa, Sheila Dixit, Pratibha Patil, Sushma Swaraj, andMehbooba Mufti whose personalities, tactics, manoeuvres, strengths anddisadvantages are assessed in the book.