A Reading of Ashapurna Debi's Pratham Pratisruti Indira Chowdhury How did women writing in the decades that followed the process of social reorganisation of the 1950s took back at their past? How...
Review of Women's Studies
It has taken a long time for dalit women to overcome their oppression as women, as dalits and put to creative use the gains of social and literary movements. There are of course common issues that...
What roles did women play in the numerous struggles in the early years of independence? What were the tensions, social and psychological, that they had to counter in opting for a life of struggle?...
The country began its efforts at nation-building with the adoption of national planning immediately after the new Constitution was adopted. An important component of the plans was the welfare...
The Nehruvian era, which has set the pattern of economic development for the next 40 years to follow, provides important clues for understanding the failure of modernisation project in getting rid...
Given the near-visionary resonance of Periyar's life work, it becomes somewhat difficult to separate his political and social legacy. But though his vision has been politicised, made to bear witness...
A Hobson's Choice for Indian Women? Padmini Swaminathan The observed statistical correlation between increase in women's outside employment and decrease in birth rates has catapulted the demand for...
Case of Drugs and Cosmetics Industries Sujata Gothoskar This article looks at women workers in components of the health industry drugs, cosmetics and toiletries industries to examine the...
Women's Health in Urban Slums Meenakshi Thapan This paper examines some of the important linkages between culture and tradition, education and women's health through an analysis of secondary data...
Impact of Work and Environment Neha Madhiwalla Amar jesani This paper reports a study of the morbidity of a small population in Mumbai city. The results point to a strong relationship between women'...
Child Care Options in Agricultural Contexts Rajalakshmi Sriram Hemalatha Ganapathy This paper examines the changing circumstances of women's lives and work, the consequent burden of multiple roles...
A Study of Rural Orissa Pradeep Kumar Panda On the basis of primary data collected in a rural setting in the state of Orissa, an attempt has been made in this paper to compare the socio-economic...
In the past, development efforts for poor third world women have often failed to bring about relevant changes in the women's lives. This can be attributed, in significant part, to the lack of...
The organisation of domestic work articulates not only gender differences and inequalities within and between households but also those of class and caste. This study examines the ways in which...
