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Women
Taking Action: A Survey of Chennai Women's Organisations
Sweta Narayanan
The growth
of organisations dedicated to serving women in India
is interesting on account of its relevance and growing
importance in the current scenario of accelerated women’s
empowerment. This paper reviews the nature and working
of women’s organisations in Chennai, as a lens
to the Indian women’s movement. Its structure
will serve to highlight two major objectives of the
paper – a brief overview of the course of the
women’s movement in the country and a detailed
description of the activities of 20 organisations, from
advocacy groups to service providers, currently working
towards women’s welfare in Chennai. |
| 2008
Summer Internship Papers
Editors:
Nandhini Shanmugham and Sweta Narayanan
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Little
Things: World War II and Women in the Madras Presidency
Nirmala Iswari
The experiences
of women in the Madras Presidency during World War II
are interesting to look at because traditional war narratives
typically exclude women, also because very little literature
exists on the subject. This essay draws on historical
records of the War, literature on women and war, memoir/personal
recollections, and an interview. While case studies
illustrate how women became victims and active contributors
in war situations, historical records and literature
on women and war supply background information and facilitate
analysis of case studies. |
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Madras
Presidency Women in the Quit India Movement
C. Sindhu
This paper
profiles the participation of women, including student
activists, who followed Mahatma Gandhi’s lead
by participating in the Quit India Movement. The Quit
India Movement was followed by the INA (Indian National
Army) activities of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and the
RIN (Royal Indian Navy) Mutiny which further weakened
the foundation of the British Empire in India. Captain
Lakshmi Sehgal of Madras was an associate and Commander
of the INA’s Rani Jhansi regiment. During this
period, women extended the discipline and sacrifice
of their homes to the nation as a whole. Women in the
early 1940s seem to have wanted to prove Gandhi right. |
