From Independence Towards Freedom: Indian Women Since 1947. Edited by Bharati Ray and Aparna Basu. Gender Studies Series. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1999. xxii, 248 pp. IRS 645.00, $29.95 (cloth).

Abstract

The 12 essays in this volume critically examine the relationship between the Indian nation and its women. No picture of women's lives can be complete without the consideration of both material and ideological aspects, and the authors address the cultural and social factors constraining women's development as well as those of economics and demography.