Introduction: Women, Political Struggles and Activism — Exploring the Lives of Women in South Asia Margaret Alston

Abstract

On 16th of December 2012, in the late evening of a balmy Delhi night, a young physiotherapy student boarded a bus with her male companion after an evening out at the movies. She had her whole life and a long professional career ahead of her — a career made possible by the efforts of her family, who had sold their rural farm land to move to the city to enable her to pursue her education.