Women changing India - Urvashi Butalia

India is changing. And at the heart of this change are its women.
The change is widespread and varied, individual and collective,
reflecting the full spectrum of women's lives, whether in politics or in
economics, in business, or within their daily domestic work. This book
maps-in words and in one hundred and fifty marvelous color
photographs-some of the changes that are both visible and invisible in
India today.

In Women Changing India, six writers
flesh out the stories captured by photographers Raghu Rai, Martine
Franck, Olivia Arthur, Alex Webb, Alessandra Sanguinetti, and Patrick
Zachmann from the world-renowned Magnum Photos. These beautiful and
evocative photographs focus on the world of women working with the help
of microloans, participating in grassroots governance, working behind
the scenes in the Mumbai film industry, and moving into new jobs, often
in male-dominated fields. Together, they are making contributions in
varied fields and imagining a new future for themselves and other women.
Featuring contributions from leading writers, Women Changing India
offers a window into the lives of women living in South Asia today,
bringing to public attention their complex realities and their
aspirations for a better world.