Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Ahead of Print. COVID pandemic exacerbated existing inequalities as well as those between researchers and the researched. This experiential note discusses the ethical dilemmas and practical difficulties that I as a fem…
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Ahead of Print. The ‘evils’ of sati and widowhood constituted two of the major elements of social reformation and women’s progress in India in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These ‘evils’ were rooted in …
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Ahead of Print. From politicians to physicians, the opening years of India’s plague epidemic (1896–1900) have conventionally been treated as a male-dominated sphere of activity. This article argues for the centrality o…
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Ahead of Print. There has recently been a shift in the portrayal of women in Indian media, from a domestic background and docile image to a more professional and empowered representation. This study explores whether su…
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Volume 30, Issue 3, Page 383-387, October 2023. Usha Thakkar, Congress Radio: Usha Mehta and the Underground Radio Station of 1942, (Penguin Random House, 2021), 353 pp., ₹699 (Hardback), ISBN 978-0-670-09566-7.
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Volume 30, Issue 3, Page 394-398, October 2023.
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Volume 30, Issue 3, Page 271-287, October 2023. One of the fastest-growing sectors of the Indian economy is waste. Its labour illustrates Deliege’s paradox of material essentiality combined with social stigma and margi…
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Volume 30, Issue 3, Page 380-383, October 2023. Jeemol Unni, Vanita Yadav, Ravikiran Naik and Swati Dutta, Women Entrepreneurship in the Indian Middle Class: Interdisciplinary Perspective. Orient BlackSwan, 2021, 271 p…
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Volume 30, Issue 3, Page 374-376, October 2023. Vasanthi Raman, The World of the Banaras Weaver: A Culture in Crisis, Second South Asia edition (Routledge, 2020), xxiii + 339 pages, ₹1495 (Hardback), ISBN 978-0-367-443…
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Volume 30, Issue 3, Page 288-308, October 2023. There is a substantial and growing recognition of the hazards of treating the interests of women as being homogenous. A variety of sources focus on diversity in the inter…