I have been involved in issues of women in physics since 2000, when I was asked by the IUPAP subgroup
on women in physics to conduct a survey of 30 women in physics in India. Since the choice of respondents
was informal and most were personally known to me, the statistics wasn't quite representative, but
it was still interesting. Many of us started with the perception that there was no serious gender bias in the profession, but
our perception changed with time, with our own thinking as well as understanding global professionally collected data.
I list here some of my own articles and also some co-authored with other women scientists of India.
A talk that I gave in Lucknow in 1998 (organised by NASI) on the question of
'Women in Science' - a topic clearly close to my heart!
A more recent talk on the same issue, again organised by NASI in Allahabad in
September 2012
Autobiographical essay `Overcoming fear and forging ahead',
in Lilavati's
daughters : Women scientists in India
A report on the status of women in physics in India in 2005.
The pdf file published in the Proceedings
of the second IUPAP conference on women in physics, Brazil
A report on the status of women in physics in India in 2008.
The pdf file published in the Proceedings
of the third IUPAP conference on women in physics, Korea
A report on the status of women in physics in India in 2011.
The pdf file published in the Proceedings
of the third IUPAP conference on women in physics, South Africa
Here is a link to
Manushi,a feminist journal from India.
The site contains selected articles from the issues of the journal
as well as information re subscription, etc.