CONTENTS:- Acknowledgements; List of Political Parties and Women's Organizations in India; 1. Women's Movements and Political Fields; 2. From Lived Experiences to Political Action; 3. Calcutta: A Hegemonic Political Field; 4. Negotiating a Homogeneous Political Culture; 5. Domination and Subordination in Calcutta; 6. Bombay: A Fragmented Political Field; 7. Coexistence in a Heterogeneous Political Culture; 8. Domination and Subordination in Bombay; 9. Identity, Anatomy, the State, and Women's Movements;