Two Faces of Protest: Contrasting Modes of Women's Activism in India

by Amrita Basu

Drawing on case studies of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in West Bengal and Shramik Sangathana in Maharashtra, this ground-breaking new work examines Indian women's political activism. Investigating institutional change at the state level and protest at the village level, Amrita Basu traces the paths of two kinds of political activism among these women. With insights gleaned from extensive interviews with activists, government officials, and ordinary men and women, she finds that militancy has been fueled by pronounced sexual and class cleavages combined with potentially rancorous ethnic division.

Thorough in its fieldwork, incisive in its political analysis, Two Faces of Protest offers a richly textured and sensitive view of women's political activism in the Third World.

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Dr. Amrita Basu is an ENT surgeon, previously a teacher in a medical college, author and mommy to a five-year-old little girl. She started writing two and a half years back when she realized she had a passion for sharing healthy lifestyle stories.

She is the author of six books, Fruits for Life: Nutrition secrets your doctor won’t tell,
Picky Eaters: Guaranteed hacks to make you happy and several publications online and offline.
She is the creator of Healthwealthbridge (healthwealthbridge.com) one of the top health –wellness mom blogs in India.Dr. Amrita has been featured in several top publications online and in print. Through the Healthwealthbridge blog and books .Dr. Amrita offers a refreshing perspective about living healthy, loving life and praying hard.If she is not researching her latest book, you can find her reading, pottering about her balcony garden or playing with her daughter.
Though she will forever be a Kolkata girl at heart, she shares a special relationship with Delhi and now lives in Malda town(India) with her husband and daughter.