Women of India

This study on women of India by a foreign Scholar is immensely interesting, fascinating, educational and provocative.

It deals with castes, classes, communities and tribes, their marriage customs, the significance of their dresses, tradition of dancing girls and above all their comparison with their European counterparts. How industrialization and westernization has wrought havoc is illustrated by a comparison with exploited, despised modern industrialized civilization with the ease and liberty of the tribal woman.

This book is a rich source for further research by anthropologists, sociologists and historians. It is a rare asset for study on women of India.