It is not very often that a book tries to break disciplinary boundaries with
courage and acumen. This book Gender and Diversity: India, Canada and Beyond,
confronts conventions, challenges definitions, offers new vocabulary and
questions comforting platitudes. Comparing India and Canada, the essays suggest
new ways of thinking about the issue of Gender and Diversity in multiple
contexts. India and Canada provide a range of comparative paradigms even when
they are distinct in many of their organizational structures. The current
anthology, gathering material from eminent writers in both the countries, and
adopting the tools of interdisciplinary pedagogy, presents cutting edge
scholarship in emerging areas. The four sections on