Writings – Page 4 – Madhu Kishwar

She Works for Poor Women’s Rule

An Interview With Laro Janko This interview transcript was first published in the print edition of Manushi Journal. (Issue-16, Jun-Jul 1983) Laro Janko is a Ho…

Ismat Chugtai: An Irrepressible Spirit

This interview transcript was first published in the print edition of Manushi Journal. (Issue-19, 1983) Ismat Chugtai, born 1915, is one of the better known women…

In The Name Manhood – Not Humanity

Review Of Govind Nihalani’s Ardh Satya, Akrosh and Vijeta This article was first published in the print edition of Manushi Journal. (Issue-20, 1984) Ardh Satya is…

Making Life More Meaningful

An Interview With Rinki Bhattacharya This interview transcript was first published in the print edition of Manushi Journal. (Issue-23, Jul-Aug 1984) These are extracts from an…

Aaj Ki Awaz

A Petty Tyrant in the Garb of God’s Agent This article was first published in the print edition of Manushi Journal. (Issue-26, Jan-Feb 1985) This film…

Dowry—To Ensure Her Happiness Or To Disinherit Her?

This article was first published in the print edition of Manushi Journal. (Issue-34, May-Jun 1986) The observations made in this exploratory article on dowry are based…

Some Thoughts On Republic Day, 26 January 1987

This interview transcript was first published in the print edition of Manushi Journal. (Issue-38, Jan-Feb 1987) Today 37 years after the establishment of the Republic, a…

Cutting Our Own Lifeline

A Review of our Farm Policy This article was first published in the print edition of Manushi Journal. (Issue-73, Nov-Dec 1992) “We may not be deceived…

Unpaid, Unorganized

Women Speak About Housework This article was first published in the print edition of Manushi Journal. (Issue-2, Mar-Apr 1979) “HOUSE should not be prisons but bases…

Thanks to Smugglers

Bollywood Films As Bridge Builders Among Indo-Pak People This article was first published in the print edition of Manushi Journal. (Issue-110, Jan-Feb 1999) In the last…

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