Bio
Madhu Purnima Kishwar is Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies and Director Indic Studies Project (CSDS). She is the founder editor of Manushi – A Journal About Women and Society and Founder President of Manushi Sangathan, an organization working for democratic reforms that will promote greater social justice and strengthen human rights for all, especially for women. She has authored and edited several books that include Modi, Muslims and Media–Voices from Narendra Modi’s Gujarat, Zealous Reformers, Deadly Laws: The Potential and Limitations of Law as an Instrument of Social Reform in India, Deepening Democracy: Challenges of Governance and Globalization in India, Off the Beaten Track: Rethinking Gender Justice for Indian Women, Religion at the Service of Nationalism and Other Essays, ( Ed) The Dilemma and Other Stories by Vijaydan Detha, Gandhi and Women, In Search of Answers: Indian Women’s Voices from Manushi. (co-edited with Ruth Vanita), Women Bhakta Poets, Lives and Poetry of Women Mystics in India from 6th to 17th Century (co-edited with Ruth Vanita).