Pearl Drego
Different sects and denominations of the Christian faith came to India at different points of time from different parts of the world.
Reviewed by: Vincent Kumaradoss
Seema Mustafa
Seema Mustafa’s personal-political memoir, Azadi’s Daughter is a welcome addition to semi-autobiographical writings by women journalists of India that have recently got published.
Reviewed by: Baran Farooqi
Diane D'Souza
Diane D’Souza has presented a rich and fascinating insight into the devotional life of Shia Ithna Ashari (Twelver) Muslim women of Hyderabad in India.
Reviewed by: Ambar Ahmad
Manisha Sethi
‘….how does one explain the numerical preponderance of nuns over monks? What is it that drives women—increasingly young and unmarried—to a life of itinerant mendicancy?’ (p. 8)?
Reviewed by: Ranjeeta Dutta
Sanjukta Dasgupta
The book narrates the changing socio-cultural landscape of India, particularly, in the era of globalization and its implications from the vantage point of media representations of popular culture and gender.
Reviewed by: Saima Saeed
Jinee Lokaneeta
Modern liberal democracies see laws based on coercion as a feature of the ancient-medieval barbaric regimes of the past or the uncivilized ‘other’.
Reviewed by: Mona Das