Manushi: A journal about women and society
Issue 142, Table of Contents

• The life and times of Bharat Mata
  Sadan Jha: Nationalism as invented religion

• The unexpected verdict
  Madhu Purnima Kishwar: Postmortem of the NDA defeat and the congress victory

• Relics, religion and rivalry
  Dolora Chapelle Wojciehowski: The return of the dalada

• Of Kunti and Satyawati
  Pradip Bhattacharya: Sexually assertive women of the Mahabharata

• In letter, not in spirit
  Nazmunessa Mehtab: Tokenism marks women's political participation in Bangladesh

• Rejoinder: An alarmist reaction
  J. K. Bajaj: Distortions in the name of political correctness

• Poem: Ode to her legs
  Saleem Peeradina

• Short Story: The Vidya Tree
  Nidhi S. Asthana

• Readers' Forum

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