Table of Contents

1. Indian Nationalism, Women's Liberation and Reactionary Masculinity in R. K. Narayan's The Dark Room, The Painter of Signs and The Vendor of Sweets
Nadine Vanniasinkam

2. The Subjectivation of the Female Body in Some Novels by Assia Djebar and Gloria Naylor
Houda Hamdi

3. Social Movements in Lesotho: Prospects and Challenges for Women
Lea Molapo

4. Is there a Women's Movement in Sri Lanka?
Selvy Thiruchandran

5. The Embedded Hierarchies: Status of Women in Medieval Indian Jain Community
Shalin Jain