About the Book: Forgotten Feminisms reexamines Indian women’s history, challenging narratives that portray women solely as victims and highlighting their resistance to patriarchy, caste oppression, and British colonialism. Spanning ancient, medieval, colonial, and modern India, the book explores the lives and struggles of queens, reformers, saint-poets, labourers, tribal women, sex workers, queer communities, and freedom fighters. A powerful work of feminist history and Indian social history, it offers a fresh perspective on women’s rights, resistance, identity, caste, and the making of modern India.