Table of Contents

• Preface
• 1. Feminist Approach to Politics
• 2. Participation of Women in Movements: India now and then
• 3. Women's Participation in Politics: The case of Indian local self government
• 4. Women and Literature: Some female writers and female characters in Bengali literature
• 5. Woman in the Hands of Man: Tagore's ten female characters
• 6. Diaries and Memoirs: Autobiography of Rassundari Dasi
• 7. Females in the Economic Sectors: Hawkers, Labourers, Entrepreneurs
• 8. Female Education in India in the 21st Century: continuity and change
• 9. Gender Disparities in Health: An Indian scenario
• 10. E-Governance in India: Explicit gender gaps
• 11. Environment and Indian Women
• 12. Women: Crime, Law, Media, Society
• Index

About the Author

Siuli Sarkar (PhD) is Prof. of Political Science and Principal, Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata. She has published/presented many articles and papers in reputed national journals/conferences and authored two books. Dr. Siuli Sarkar specializes in areas such as Local Self Government and Politics, Public Administration in India, and Politics of the Underprivileged.