Women in Indian Socitey

 

Author’s :- Neera Desai & Usha Thakkar

Publisher:- National Book Trust

Cost:- Rs 60/-

About Author:-

• Neera Desai, presently Distinguished fellow, Center for Women’s Development Studies, Delhi, is a renowned scholar of Women’s Studies and has been one of the pioneers of research on issues of feminism, gender dimensions in the family, women’s movement and education. Formerly Professor and Head, Department of Sociology, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai, She was founder Director of Research Center for Women’s Studies. Her major works include, Women in Modern India, Two Decades of Women’s Movement, Women and Society (co-author) etc.
• Usha Thakkar, Honorary Director, Institute of Research on Gandhian Thought and Rural Development, Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya, Mumbai did her post-doctoral research at the University of Chicago and Cornell University (on Fullbright Fellowship) and at York University on WID Fellowship from the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute. Formerly Professor and Head, Department of Political Science, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai, she has presented papers on women’s issues in national and international conferences and has contributed in many prestigious journals. Her publications include Kautilya’s Arthashastra (co-author), Women and Men Voters (co-author), Pushpanjali Essays in Honor of Dr. Usha Mehta (co-editor) etc.

About Book:-

The present book, ‘Women in Indian society’, is an attempt to paint a picture of the changing perceptions of the status and role of women at the threshold of the new millennium. In a country with a history spanning 5000 years, a multiplicity of languages, customs and cultural practices, a hierarchy based on caste and class, and varieties of religions and sects, it is not easy to draw all these different threads together and weave them into a pattern. In this exercise our aim is very modest.

Confined to women and women related issues, the book makes a concerted effort to present the status of Indian women against the ever-changing social, economic, political and academic backgrounds. Tracing the history of the women’s major issues and actions theorem since the 19th century, the book provides an insight into the complex nature of work contributed by women, their educational status, their contribution in organized and unorganized sectors, their political participation, legal status, their position in the family and the outside world, and some of the emergent issues. Specially published on the occasion of ‘Women’s Empowerment year, 2001’, the book is a worthy contribution in the field of gender and social studies.

 By Lokender (Class X)