Ebook {Epub PDF} Why Loiter?: Women and Risk on Mumbai Streets by Shilpa Phadke

 · Presenting an original take on women’s safety in the cities of twenty-first century India, Why Loiter? maps the exclusions and negotiations that women from different classes and communities encounter in the nation’s urban public spaces. Basing this book on more than three years of research in Mumbai, Shilpa Phadke, Sameera Khan and Shilpa Ranade argue that though women’s access to . Why Loiter?: Women and Risk on Mumbai Streets Kindle Edition by Shilpa Phadke (Author) › Visit Amazon's Shilpa Phadke Page. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search results for this author. Shilpa Phadke (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. out of 5 stars 41 ratings/5(41). Why Loiter? Women and Risk on Mumbai Streets Sameera Khan, SANKAR, Shilpa Phadke, Shilpa Ranade. s Calcutta. Seventeen-year-old Shankar walks on to Old Post Office Street to become a clerk in the Calcutta High Court. There he meets the last English barrister, and thus begins their unusual and unforgettable www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 3 mins.

Presenting an original take on women's safety in the cities of twenty-first century India, Why Loiter? maps the exclusions and negotiations that women from different classes and communities encounter in the nation's urban public spaces. Basing this book on more than three years of research in Mumbai, Shilpa Phadke, Sameera Khan and Shilpa Ranade argue that though women's access to urban. Book: Why Loiter? Women and Risk on Mumbai Streets. Authors: Shilpa Phadke, Shilpa Ranade, Sameera Khan. Publisher: Penguin Books. Genre: Non Fiction "Why Loiter? Women and Risk on Mumbai Streets" is a book that is truly powerful in its potential to generate debate, and perhaps to create a transformative change in the way we perceive public. Why Loiter? Women and Risk on Mumbai Streets Sameera Khan, SANKAR, Shilpa Phadke, Shilpa Ranade. s Calcutta. Seventeen-year-old Shankar walks on to Old Post Office Street to become a clerk in the Calcutta High Court. There he meets the last English barrister, and thus begins their unusual and unforgettable relationship.

‘Why would you want to loiter?’ is an excellent question to ask feminist researcher, parent, educator and activist Dr. Shilpa Phadke. Shilpa believes loitering, just being, just hanging out in public places, is about ‘claiming the city with your body’. One of the co-authors of the book, ‘Why Loiter: Women and Risk on Mumbai’s Streets’ published in , Shilpa has authored several essays and journals on issues of feminist parenting, gender and the politics of space, the right. Why Loiter by Shilpa Phadke, Sameera Khan and Shilpa Ranade explores the limits of women’s safety in Mumbai, a city touted as women-friendly. By Anjana Basu. Mumbai is India’s most cosmopolitan city, noted for its high life, high heels and mini-skirted starlets, a place that rejoices in being safe for women at all hours. According to authors Shilpa Phadke, Sameera Khan and Shilpa Ranade, that is all on the surface. Why Loiter? Women and Risk on Mumbai Streets Sameera Khan, SANKAR, Shilpa Phadke, Shilpa Ranade. s Calcutta. Seventeen-year-old Shankar walks on to Old Post Office Street to become a clerk in the Calcutta High Court. There he meets the last English barrister, and thus begins their unusual and unforgettable relationship.