The history of notable and ordinary women in south Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh).
An Indian poet who wrote devotional poetry to Vishnu, the verses of Andal are still in use today.
About Sarojini Naidu, Indian poet and political activist, a key part of Gandhi's independence movement.
BBC World Service feature on women writers highlights Meena Alexander, born in India to Syrian Christian parents who was educated in India and England and who now lives in the US: her life events, key influences and themes, the works of this author, her style, and her thoughts on being a woman writer.
In this lesson plan for grades 6-12, students focus on the position of women in lower castes in the context of the Indian caste system.
BBC World Service feature on women writers highlights Shashi Deshpande of India: her life events, key influences and themes, the works of this author, her style, and her thoughts on being a woman writer.
Indian goddess Devi's six aspects. At the Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, March 29, 1999 through September 6, 1999.
A World Bank Policy Research Report on the history of the women's movement in India, with attention to the 1920s struggle for equal rights and universal adult suffrage, and to the 1970s struggle against patriarchy.
May, 1999, article from the New York Times, detailing some of the effects of a 1993 constitutional amendment setting aside a percentage of leadership positions for women.
Although she was of European descent, she is identified with India and the ancient principles of Yoga. She spent many years in the United States as a yoga teacher, often to celebrities, and she died in 2002 in Argentina, her home since 1985.
Series of excellent articles on women in India, from ancient India to tenth century images to medieval Deccan to today's life for women.
New York Times article from December, 2000, detailing some sad facts about women's history in India at the end of the 20th century.
BBC World Service feature on women writers highlights Bharati Mukherjee of India: her life events, key influences and themes, the works of this author, her style, and her thoughts on being a woman writer.
Lecture by Chantal Boulanger includes discussion of the role of women and rituals such as marriage in Tamil culture and other places where Dravidian Hinduism survives.
Poems from Buddhist nuns 500-200 B.C.E. Includes background information, bibliography, and translations.
Information on a system of education for women in India through the 19th century.
Photos and reading to help students understand women's lives in rural India, about 1970.
Paper by Tazeen Mahnaz Murshid, University of North London, on recent history in Bangladesh, Islamic politics, and the status of women.
