Indian Women…A Study In Sepia
Kalyani Menon-Sen
INDIAN WOMEN: CONTEMPORARY ESSAYS by Devaki Jain Publication Division, , 2015, 235 pp., 335
December 2015, volume 39, No 12

This collection of essays edited by two eminent Indian women brings together contributions from some of the best known and most respected scholars and activists in the country. It is the second edition—coming three decades after the first—of a collection of essays that is described as a precursor to the ‘Towards Equality’ report. Surely a book that will endure as a benchmark in the field of women’s studies, to be quoted and cited for many years to come.

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