Nita Kumar

Nita Kumar offers an evocative and sensitive portrayal of rarely explored aspects of Hindu culture through her analysis of the way leisure time is used by Hindu and Muslim artisans of Banaras--the weavers, metalworkers, and woodworkers. Meer

This volume is an introductory textbook that provides a survey of Indian history through a thematic lens of women’s and gender history across a variety of different contexts – including analysis of primary sources and theoretical and methodological debates, giving readers a fully rounded picture of gender history in India. Meer