Description
Through the stories of a group of school girls in what used to be India's most progressive city, Bangalore Girls reveals how the freedom women once enjoyed in the Silicon Valley of India has been eroded by the rising tide of right-wing nationalism, misogyny, and religious fundamentalism.
Author Supriya Baily explores one of India's most dynamic cities through the eyes of a group of women who grew up and went to school together in the late 1980s and early 1990s. As they enjoyed the trappings of a burgeoning middle class, these classmates also watched their country move to the right politically and socially, spurred on by the Ayodhya riots that tore down the Babri Masjid Mosque in 1992 and the sectarian violence that followeda Hindu nationalist tide that continues to rise today.
The book offers us a window into these women's lives and shows us how they are responding to the breakdown of progressivism across multiple domains. They discuss not only their own safety a
