TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bumiller,Elisabeth
TI  - May you be the mother of a hundred sons: a journey among the women of India 
SN  - 0394563913
AV  - HQ1742 .B86 1990
PY  - 1990///
CY  - New York
PB  - Random House
KW  - Women
KW  - India
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 1947-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-295) and index; Arrival and introduction -- Wedding first, love later : Arranged marriage among the educated classes -- Flames : A bride burning and a sati -- Beyond the veil : The women of the village of Khajuron -- No more little girls : Female infanticide among the poor of Tamil Nadu and sex-selective abortion among the rich of Bombay -- Towards equality : The Indian women's movement -- "Indira is India, and India is Indira": Mrs. Gandhi and her legacy for Indian women in politics -- Rekha, Dimple, Sridevi and friends : The actresses of Bombay -- Poets and revolutionaries : Three women of Calcutta -- Her own place in the sun : A professional woman and housewife -- "Small family, happy family": The lessons of population control -- Departure and conclusion
ER  -