A personal narration of the heady days of feminism from the ’70s to the ’90s could have more aptly been titled Curse of a Daughter. Butalia, with her experiences and work on dowry, takes us through the Indian courts, law, systems of justice, police, customs and traditions: all corrupt and incompetent when it comes to justice for women.
She narrates how she and other women came together to demonstrate, console, relieve and change the lives of women by advocating against dowry. Butalia concludes, "Nowhere in marriage is a woman considered a human being with feelings, needs and desires."
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