Challenging old political patterns

In ‘What Women Want’, journalist Ruhi Tewari examines how women began to wield their political power and what shapes their decisions.

“Make no mistake patriarchy in India has not been smashed. The deeply entrenched gender biases in our socio-political milieu continue with tragic brazenness,” writes Indian journalist Ruhi Tewari in her debut book ‘What Women Want: Understanding the Female Voters in Modern India’. She continues, “Yet there is one aspect in which women now find themselves on a pedestal, surpassing even men in importance: voting.”