2002 Indic Colloquium
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Madhu Kishwar

Contact Information

	Office	Home
Address	c/o Manushi C/174, Lajpat Nagar 1, New Delhi-110024, INDIA
Phone	011-91-11-683-3022
FAX	011-91-11-683-9158
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Email	manushi@nda.vsnl.net.in
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Background Information

Madhu Kishwar is the editor of Manushi, a journal about women and society in India. She has written many books, including Off the Beaten Track: Rethinking Gender Justice for Indian Women (Oxford 1999) and Religion at the Service of Nationalism and Other Essays (Oxford 1998). Her recent professional career is as follows:

• 2001 onward – Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi
• 1988–2000 Reader, Satyawati College, Delhi University
• 1996–1997 Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies
• July–August 1995 Fellow, National Centre for South Asian Studies, Melbourne, Australia
• 1991–1995 Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies
• November, 1991 Rama Watumull Distinguished Scholar, Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Hawaii
• Summer, 1989 Fellow, St. Anthony’s College, Oxford University
• 1973-1987 Lecturer, Satyawati College, Delhi University

Abstract

Language is the Gateway to Culture and Tradition