CHUP: BREAKING THE SILENCE ABOUT INDIA'S
 
 
'Extraordinary . . . Chup should be the springboard for Indian women to introspect and break the silence around gender inequality.' Womensweb.in
'Conducted across colleges, in coffee shops and in shopping malls in the major Indian cities of New Delhi, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Mumbai, Narayan . . . delve[d] into the "inner lives" of urban women. It revealed that India's young, educated, modern women still encounter widespread gender inequality, and often internalize conservative attitudes toward women's social roles.' Washington Post
'Through shocking and often saddening and relatable interviews, Narayan writes about how women are almost "trained" to be invisible, in a world that's afraid of their body, their sexuality, their voice, and their identity. It's the perfectly unsettling read that patriarchal India deserves.' Youth Ki Awaaz
'A must-read to understand the complexities that modern Indian women are living in.
 
About the Author
 
Dr Deepa Narayan is an international poverty, gender and development adviser who has worked at the World Bank, the United Nations and in the non-governmental sector. She was senior adviser in the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management group of the World Bank from 2003 to 2008. Her groundbreaking Voices of the Poor studies brought together the experiences of 60,000 poor women and men from 60 countries to re-examine our core assumptions about the experience of poverty. In 2011, Foreign Policy magazine named Dr Narayan one of 100 most influential global thinkers. India Today named her one of India's 35 Great Thinkers. Dr Narayan has authored or co-authored seventeen books.
 
Product details
Publisher : HARPERCOLLINS
Language : English
Paperback : 336 pages
ISBN-10 : 8193876725
ISBN-13 : 978-8193876725
Item Weight : 295 g
Dimensions : 20 x 14 x 4 cm