Two anthropologists examine the Maoists' claims of radical social transformation in the light of women's experiences on the ground. Based on fieldwork in several areas, they consider
Under-5 mortality rate
Seven Million South Asian r children under the age of five died in 1990. In 2000 the figure had declined to about 3 million. However, the overall
Inventing Boundaries—Gender, Politics and the Partition of India Edited by Mushirul Hasan Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2000 ISBN: 019 565103 0
Pakistan came into being not simply because
Her Gold and Her Body
by Jamila Verghese
Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi,
Second (Revised) Edition 1997
When studying the status of women in Garhwal and Kumaon, we must disentangle the realities from the myths, including those that have emerged from the Chipko Andolan. 'Development'
