About the Book: Gendered Citizenship : Understanding Gendered Violence in
Democratic India
It has been shown time and again that even though all citizens may be accorded
equal standing in the constitution of a liberal democracy, such a legal
provision hardly guarantees state protections against discrimination and
political exclusion. More specifically, why do we find pervasive gender-based
discrimination, exclusion, and violence in India when the Indian Constitution
supports an inclusive democracy committed to gender and caste equality?In
Gendered Citizenship, Natasha Behl offers an examination of Indian citizenship
that weaves together an analysis of sexual violence law with an in-depth
ethnography of the Sikh community to explore the contradictory