Playing with fire :

Nagar, Richa.

Playing with fire : feminist thought and activism through seven lives in India / Sangtin Writers, Anupamlata ... [et al.], and Richa Nagar ; foreword by Chandra Talpade Mohanty. - Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, c2006. - xlvii, 181 p. ; 23 cm.

Translated from the Hindi.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-181).

The beginnings of a collective journey -- A very short childhood -- From the streets of Babul to the wetness of Aanchal -- Prisons within prisons : battles stretching from the courtyard to the mind -- Cracking cages, new skies -- Challenges of NGOization and dreams of Sangtin.


Translated from the Hindi.

0816647690 (hc : alk. paper) 9780816647699 (hc : alk. paper) 0816647704 (pb : alk. paper) 9780816647705 (pb : alk. paper)


Saṅgatina (Organization)


Women's rights--India--Uttar Pradesh.
Marginality, Social--India--Uttar Pradesh.

HQ1236.5.I4 / N34 2006