Kali for Women
Indian feminist book publisher / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kali for Women was a start-up feminist publisher in India. Urvashi Butalia and Ritu Menon set up Kali for Women in 1984, arguably the first Indian publishing house dedicated to publishing on and for women. When they decided to take this step, Butalia had worked with Oxford University Press and Zed Books in Delhi, while Ritu Menon was a scholar. They started with very little capital but with an urgent sense that they had to make Indian women's voices heard, through academic publishing and activist works, translation and fiction. They were followed by other Indian presses concerned with gender and social issues, such as Bhatkal and Sen who publish the imprints Stree and Samya and Tulika Books.
Status | Dissolved |
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Founded | 1984; 40 years ago (1984) |
Founders | Urvashi Butalia Ritu Menon |
Defunct | 2003; 21 years ago (2003) |
Successor | Zubaan Books Women Unlimited |
Country of origin | India |
Publication types | Books |