Search results (3)
  • Urvashi Butalia
    Heinrich Böll Stiftung
    2014

  • Sadhna Pathak
    Pioneer
    1999

    Patharia, a village-situated in the Bundhelkund region is stark contrast to other villages. Inhabited by the Bedia tribe, a part of the vimukta jati where adult members in the family never worked and depended solely on the earnings of the young girl involved in prostitution.

  • Imrana Qadeer
    Economic and Political Weekly
    1998

    Scrutiny and control of women's sexuality and women's reproductive role by the state are well recognized in the history of societies [Sarkar 1993]. Tribal wars over possession of women were rooted in the struggle for survival of the tribe itself.