Anupama Rao
n the past few years, India has witnessed a renewed interest in the category of criminal acts ranging from corruption to cases of violence against women.
Reviewed by: Shatam Ray
Padma Bhate-Deosthali, Padma Prakash and Sangeeta Rege
The coming into force of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA) in 2005 is a validation of the enormous struggle of the feminist movement in India.
Reviewed by: Priya Naik
John T. Hitchcock and Rex L. Jones
Man throughout his existence has striven towards an adjustment with the forces of nature. Some problems were easily resolved by his scientific, matter-of-fact attitude but there were others which were beyond empirical explanation. To harmonize with the forces beyond his comprehension, man evolved various assumptions and activities…
Reviewed by: J.S. Bhandari
William Mazzarella
Even after 66 years of Independence, it is difficult to imagine an India devoid of rules governing what can or cannot be publicly or creatively expressed, a scenario that could be described, for want of a better descriptive palate, as an agonizingly prevalent and multifaceted ‘culture of censorship’.
Reviewed by: Roshni Sengupta
Saima Saeed
This book is the published version of what must have been an immensely diligent PhD thesis prepared for Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. The book bears the marks of a thesis.
Reviewed by: Robin Jeffrey
Ashis Nandy
The back cover often plays an important role in the reader’s journey from picking up the book from a stack to making it to its last page. It’s so important that many a book and blog have been written for helping writers and publishers write the perfect back page, or ‘creating a killer back cover.’
Reviewed by: Malvika Maheshwari