Manushi: A journal about women and society
Issue 117, March-April 2000, Table of Contents

Cover painting: Sita in the Metropolis by Venantius J. Pinto, New York, 1998

  • Responses to Manushi

  • From Manusmriti to Madhusmriti
    Flagellating a Mythical Enemy
    Madhu Kishwar

  • Poem : Fruit of My Labour
    Jyothi Sampat

  • In the People's Own Court
    A Village Demands Right to Information
    Compiled by sherally munshi with files from mazdoor kisan shakti sangathan

  • Sita in the City
    The Ramayana's Heroine in New York
    Anne Murphy and Shana Sippy

  • Book Review : Law and Gender Inequality
    The Politics of Women's Rights in India
    Flavia Agnes Reviewer : Maneesha Deckha

  • Story : Jirwa-Mai
    Ramanika Gupta
    Translation from Hindi

  • Getting Away with Murder
    How Law Courts and Police Fail Victims of Domestic Violence
    Geethadevi, Meghana, Raghunandan, Renuka and Shobha from Vimochana

  • My Vision for the Future:
    Where the Mind is Without Fear
    Mrinal Pande

  • Endorsements for the Alternative Women's Reservation Bill