A new book examines if economic opportunities for women have eradicated misogynistic cultural norms

An excerpt from ‘Wives and Widows at Work: Women’s Labour in Agrarian Bengal, Then and Now,’ by Deepita Chakravarty and Ishita Chakravarty.

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