These 8 Indian women are leading the Indian art world (Himali Singh Soin, South Asia Monitor)

There is a day in Northern India, during the full moon period in October, when Hindu women fast for their husbands. This is just one example of the way in which women in India are, by and large, subservient to men. Though the country has had a female president, and several regions contain matriarchal societies, most industries—including science, tech, cinema, architecture, politics, and tourism—are still dominated by men. The art worlds of Delhi and Mumbai might represent the only field led by more women than men, and those women occupy myriad roles

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