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Originally published in Marathi in 1989, this contemporary classic details the history of women's participation in B. R. Ambedkar's Dalit movement ...

As both the bedrock of human survival and an unchallenged part of the “normal” female life, motherhood expects and even compels women to be mothers...

For Nivedita Menon, feminism is not about a moment of final triumph over patriarchy but about the gradual transformation of the social field so dec...

A revolutionary take on the classic dystopian science fiction novel, Clone inaugurates a new kind of writing in India. Priya Sarukkai Chabria weave...

Whether it is in-vitro fertilization, sperm injection, surrogacy, cryopreservation, or intrauterine insemination, assisted reproductive technology ...

A profile of the history of sex work and the sexual economy in Mumbai, India's cultural and financial capital. In Intimate City, Manjima Bhattach...

Although it is now well-known how pervasive sexual violence is in situations of war and peace, not enough has been done to work towards its prevent...

The first English-language novel ever written by a woman from the Himalayan nation of Bhutan, The Circle of Karma has engaged and absorbed readers ...

On February 6, 2003, Anjum Zamarud Habib, a young political activist from Kashmir, was arrested in Delhi, convicted under the Prevention of Terrori...

Researcher and activist Sahba Husain has been working in Kashmir for two decades, and in this personal, passionate account of that state and its pe...

Conflicted Democracies and Gendered Violence elucidates the centrality of political and foundational violence in the governance of conflicted democ...

Acts of sexual violence are often committed with impunity—perpetrators do not consider their actions consequential. Yet throughout history, impunit...

Gender and Governance examines how different governance structures affect gender in five specific locations in South Asia: Swat in Pakistan, the Ch...