Well that was disappointing
I think if I hadn't read this right after reading Shiv Sena Women: Violence And Communalism In A Bombay Slum and Street Corner Secrets: Sex, Work, and Migration in the City of Mumbai as well as various essays about women in India, my reaction would be different. I know that I did enjoy the program I saw about these women.
My problem with the book is this - there is no real context or background. There is no real sense if what the women are fighting is an epidemic or just a one area problem. There are some figures that are thrown out towards the end of the book, but it's just too narrow. I really didn't learn anything, and after reading the two other books, it felt like a let down.
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