About the Book: Debating Womens Citizenship in India, 19301960
Debating Womens Citizenship, 1930-1960 is about the agency of Indian feminists
and nationalists whose careers straddle the transition of colonial India to an
independent India. It addresses some of the critical aspects of the encounter,
engagement and dialogue between the Indian state and its women citizens, in
particular, how this generation conceptualised the relationship between
citizenship, equality and gender justice, and the various spheres in which the
meaning and application of this citizenship was both broadened and narrowed,
renegotiated and pursued. The book focuses on a cohort of nationalists and
feminists who were leading members of the All