Women in Indian Society

Usha Thakkar is Honorary Director, Institute of Research on Gandhian Thought and Rural Development, Mumbai. She retired as Professor and Head of Department, Political Science, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai. Her research work has focused mainly on Indian politics, women’s studies and Gandhian studies. Widely published, Usha Thakkar is the co-author of Kautilya’s Arthashastra (1980), Women and Men Voters (1981) and Women in India (2001); co-editor of Politics in Maharashtra (1995) and India in World Affairs (1999); and the author of various books in Gujarati, including Bharatini Videsh Niti (India’s Foreign Policy) and Strio ane Rajkaran (Women and Politics in India), both published in 2000.