Articles by Madhu Kishwar

Given that the marginalisation of women is integrally linked to the marginalisation of all decent people from our party politics, we need wide-spectrum electoral reforms that will curb the role of muscle and money power in politics and democratise decision-making in the political parties and a sensible proportional representation system which facilitates representation of various marginalised groups without mechanical reservation quotas.

read C S Lakshmi's (EPW, January 28 and May 13) and Rajni Palriwala's (April 29) rejoinders to my article 'Rethinking Dowry Boycott' in Manushi (No 48, 1988) may not have read the original article. The rejoinders have seriously misrepresented my position. To begin with, my article must be read in the context of Manushi's ten-year long engagement with the questions of dowry and marital violence, and my earlier articles on these issues, particularly 'Dowry

Dowry and Inheritance Rights Madhu Kishwar IT is puzzling that EPW should think fit to publish such a confused diatribe as C S Lakshmi's 'On Kidneys and Dowry' (January 28).

While the role of unequal land rights in determining the status of different caste and class groups in India has been the subject of much debate, their impact on women's status has generally escaped attention. In fact the patriarchal bias of the social and the legal system gives rise to the assumption that once the men of the family have land, the women's needs are automatically taken care of This study attempts to place the issue of the denial of land rights to Ho tribal women in the context of women's daily lives, work, struggle for survival and status in the family and community This is the final part of the paper which has been published in three parts.

Singhbhum Madhu Kishwar While the role of unequal land rights in determining the status of different caste and class groups in India has been the subject of much debate, their impact on women's status has generally escaped attention. In fact the patriarchal bias of the social and the legal system gives rise to the assumption that once the men of the family have land, the women's needs are automatically taken care of This study attempts to place the issue of the denial of land rights to Ho tribal women in the context of women's daily lives, work, struggle for survival and status in the family and community The paper is being published in three parts.