The Many Lives of Syeda X
24 April 2025Imprint: Footnote Press
Synopsis
'A trenchant and invaluable people's history of the bottom of the pyramid in the world's most populous nation' Financial Times
What does the life of an ordinary working-class, Muslim woman look and feel like in modern India? Award-winning journalist Neha Dixit traces the story of one such faceless Indian woman, from the early 1990s to the present day. What emerges...
What does the life of an ordinary working-class, Muslim woman look and feel like in modern India? Award-winning journalist Neha Dixit traces the story of one such faceless Indian woman, from the early 1990s to the present day. What emerges...
Details
24 April 2025320 pages
9781804442272Imprint: Footnote Press
Reviews
'A trenchant and invaluable people's history of the bottom of the pyramid in the world's most populous nation'Financial Times
'In the climate currently pervading India under Modi's decade-long rule, Dixit's book is a brave and damning indictment of Hindutva fascism that shines a crucial spotlight on the ordinary lives that continue to suffer its horrifying impact. It is also an unapologetically feminist celebration of their daily existence'Jacobin