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{{Infobox person
| name = Madhu Kishwar
| image = File:Madhu Kishwar01.jpg
| imagesize = 200px
| birth_date = 1951
| alma_mater = [[Delhi University]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi]]
| occupation = Professor, Activist, Author
| organization = [[Centre for the Study of Developing Societies]]
| website = {{website|www.manushi.in}}
}}
'''Madhu Purnima Kishwar''' is an Indian academic and a conservative commentator.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/junk-the-hindu-civil-code-adopt-family-laws-madhu-kishwars-open-letter-to-pm-narendra-modi/articleshow/60238796.cms|title=Madhu Kishwar's open letter to PM on how to break the UCC stalemate}}</ref><ref name="jb2">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/mar/31/shiney-ahuja-bollywood-jailed-raping|title=Shiney Ahuja, fallen Bollywood star, jailed for raping maid|last=Burke|first=Jason|date=31 March 2011|accessdate=8 September 2012|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref><ref name="fem12">[http://www.rediff.com/news/special/ls-election-madhu-kishwar-modi-when-a-feminist-turns-right/20140402.htm When a feminist turns right], [[Rediff.com]], 2 April 2014.</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite web|url=https://www.orfonline.org/research/43665-digital-hatred-real-violence-majoritarian-radicalisation-and-social-media-in-india/|title=Digital hatred, real violence: Majoritarian radicalisation and social media in India|last=Mirchandani|first=Maya|website=ORF|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> She is currently employed as a chair Professor in the [[Indian Council of Social Science Research]]. Kishwar along with fellow-academic [[Ruth Vanita]] co-founded the journal ''Manushi''.

Whilst her earlier work in the domain were quite favorably received by the academia and fellow activists, her counterparts disassociated from her post the '90s, once she began to increasingly embrace the growing support for [[Hindutva]].<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2" />{{Efn|In India, Hindutva is the predominant form of Hindu nationalism. According to the ''Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics and International Relations'', "Hindutva ... refers to the ideology of Hindu nationalists, stressing the common culture of the inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent. ... Modern politicians have attempted to play down the racial and anti-Muslim aspects of Hindutva ... but the term has [[Fascism|Fascist]] undertones."<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q3FGDwAAQBAJ|title=The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics and International Relations|last1=Brown|first1=Garrett W.|last2=McLean|first2=Iain|last3=McMillan|first3=Alistair|date=2018-01-06|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780192545848|page=381}}</ref>|name=|group=}}

She has been awarded the [[Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediaperson]] in 1985.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dcrc.du.ac.in/img/dummies/faa/cv/Madhu.pdf|title=Prof. Madhu Purnima Kishwar|work=Developing Countries Research Centre|accessdate=9 August 2019}}</ref>

== Early life and education==
Kishwar graduated from [[Miranda House]] in Delhi,<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|url=http://dcrc.du.ac.in/img/dummies/faa/cv/Madhu.pdf|title=Resume of Madhu Purnima Kishwar|website=Delhi University|access-date=30 August 2019}}</ref> where she was the President of the Student's Union.<ref name="tel12">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130804/jsp/7days/17193416.jsp|title=I would like to sue Amartya Sen for defamation|last=Kumara Swamy|first=V|date=4 August 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph|accessdate=2 April 2014}}</ref> She received her postgraduate degree in history from [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]] in Delhi.<ref name="tel12" />

== Career ==
She was a professor and a senior fellow<ref name=":12" /> at the [[Centre for the Study of Developing Societies]] (CSDS),<ref name="mt2">{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-220618282.html|title=Ashrams of Sex and Sleaze|last=Meyta|first=Neha|date=7 March 2010|work=Mail Today {{Subscription required|via=[[HighBeam Research]]}}|accessdate=8 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207093953/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-220618282.html|archive-date=7 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> until retiring in 2016.<ref name=":1"/> Post her retirement, she asserted the institution of being a chaotic fiefdom of the chosen few and alleged the higher echelons of CSDS to be ideologically biased towards [[Left-wing politics|left]], who treated her unfairly for years due to ideological differences, and supposedly, even robbed her of a legitimate government awarded scholarship.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/807520/i-faced-humiliation-and-discrimination-in-the-left-citadel-of-csds-says-madhu-kishwar|title=I faced 'humiliation and discrimination' in the 'Left citadel' of CSDS, says Madhu Kishwar|last=Chakravarty|first=Ipsita|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/education/madhu-kishwar-accuses-csds-of-discrimination-in-legal-notice|title=Madhu Kishwar Denounces 'Discrimination', CSDS Rejects Charge|website=The Wire|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> The institute rejected the allegations, en masse.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

She then joined the [[Indian Council of Social Science Research]] as the Maulana Azad Professor.<ref name=":12" /> In 2017, she was appointed to the Academic Council of the ''School of Art and Aesthetics'' of [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]]. The appointment was perceived to be politically motivated with her domain-expertise being questioned ''and'' students protested in large numbers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/latest/837029/jnu-faculty-confused-by-pro-modi-scholar-madhu-kishwars-appointment-to-academic-council|title=JNU faculty 'confused' by pro-Modi scholar Madhu Kishwar's appointment to Academic Council|author=Scroll Staff|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/education-2/madhu-kishwar-named-to-jnu-council-row-breaks-out-over-her-status-as-an-expert/660369/|title=Madhu Kishwar named to JNU Council, row breaks out over her status as an 'expert'|date=2017-05-09|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/05/09/madhu-kishwar-has-been-nominated-to-jnu-council-as-school-of-art_a_22076811/|title=Madhu Kishwar Has Been Nominated To JNU Council As School of Arts Expert, But Not Everyone's Happy|date=2017-05-09|website=HuffPost India|language=en|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> Kishwar rejected the charges, describing them as ''whining'' of the leftist intellectuals, who were losing their clout. ''[Questionable Sources]''

=== Manushi and feminism ===
Kishwar, along with [[Ruth Vanita]], were the founding-editors of ''[[Manushi]]'',<ref name="jb2" /><ref name="mt2" /> a highly acclaimed journal in the domain of [[women's studies]] in India.<ref name=":12" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Nag|first=Moni|date=1985|title=Review of in Search of Answers: Indian Women's Voices from Manushi|journal=Population and Development Review|volume=11|issue=4|pages=784|doi=10.2307/1973476|issn=0098-7921|jstor=1973476}}</ref> Established to bridge the gap between academic discourse and popular activism by raising awareness of gender inequalities through ground-activism, it has been one of the longest-running and most-influential women's periodicals in South Asia to the extent of being heavily instrumental in setting the agenda for women-right-movements.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last=Anantharam|first=Anita|date=2009-12-01|title=East/West encounters: "Indian" identity and transnational feminism in Manushi|journal=Feminist Media Studies|volume=9|issue=4|pages=461–476|doi=10.1080/14680770903233076|issn=1468-0777}}</ref> ''Manushi'' has been described by [[Amartya Sen]] as "a pioneering [[Feminism|feminist]] journal".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T3SYm84gVeEC&q=Manushi%20pioneering%20feminist%20journal&pg=PT120|title=The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity|last=Sen|first=Amartya|publisher=Penguin|year=2006|isbn=0141012110}}</ref> Her books and miscellaneous writings in the topic area have been also quite favorably received.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Balani|first=Laju M.|date=1999|title=Review of Religion at the Service of Nationalism and Other Essays|journal=Journal of Church and State|volume=41|issue=3|pages=600|issn=0021-969X|jstor=23919950|doi=10.1093/jcs/41.3.600}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Douglas|first=Carol Anne|date=1985|title=Review of in Search of Answers: India Women's Voices From Manushi|journal=Off Our Backs|volume=15|issue=1|pages=8–20|issn=0030-0071|jstor=25775289}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jantzen|first=Esther|date=1986|editor-last=Kishwar|editor-first=Madhu|editor2-last=Vanita|editor2-first=Ruth|title=Book Review: Recommended for the Classroom|journal=Women's Studies Quarterly|volume=14|issue=3/4|pages=74|issn=0732-1562|jstor=40003830}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=KarunaKaran|first=Chithra|date=2002|title=Review of Off the Beaten Track: Rethinking Gender Justice for Indian Women|journal=The Journal of Asian Studies|volume=61|issue=1|pages=293–294|doi=10.2307/2700263|issn=0021-9118|jstor=2700263}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Farrell|first=Susan A.|date=1989|title=Review of Man-Made Women: How New Reproductive Technologies Affect Women|journal=Contemporary Sociology|volume=18|issue=1|pages=127–128|doi=10.2307/2071996|issn=0094-3061|jstor=2071996}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/books/story/20000117-book-review-of-madhu-kishwar-off-the-beaten-track-776914-2000-01-17|title=Book review: Madhu Kishwar's 'Off the Beaten Track'|last=Chatterjee|first=Manini|date=17 January 2000|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-09-01}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|last=Menon|first=Nivedita|date=2016-07-26|title=Book Reviews : MADHU KISHWAR, Off the Beaten Track: Rethinking Gender Justice for Indian Women, Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1999, pp. 290|journal=The Indian Economic & Social History Review|volume=38|issue=2|pages=207–209|language=en|doi=10.1177/001946460103800204}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Shodhan|first=Amrita|date=2016-07-25|title=Book reviews and notices : MADHU KISHWAR, Religion at the service of nationalism and other essays. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998. xix + 323 pp. Notes. Rs. 495 (hardback)|journal=Contributions to Indian Sociology|volume=34|issue=2|pages=274–276|language=en|doi=10.1177/006996670003400206}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Marshment|first=Margaret|date=2016-06-30|title=Book reviews : In Search of Answers: Indian women's voices from 'Manushi' Edited by MADHU KISHWAR and RUTH VANITA (London, Zed Press, 1984). 288 pp. £6.95 paper|journal=Race & Class|volume=26|issue=4|pages=97–99|language=en|doi=10.1177/030639688502600407}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Shodhan|first=Amrita|date=2016-07-25|title=Book reviews and notices : MADHU KISHWAR, Off the beaten track: Rethinking gender justice for Indian women. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1999. 290 pp. Notes, references. Rs. 495 (hardback)|journal=Contributions to Indian Sociology|volume=35|issue=3|pages=428–429|language=en|doi=10.1177/006996670103500318}}</ref>

Notably, Kishwar does not self-identify as a feminist.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjilIrVt9hUC|title=Women in Modern India|last=Forbes|first=Geraldine Hancock|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1996|isbn=9780521653770|series=[[The New Cambridge History of India]]|volume=4|location=New York, United States of America|pages=8|language=en|issue=2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kishwar|first=Madhu|title=Why I do not Call Myself a Feminist|url=http://manushi.in/docs/60Why%20I%20do%20not%20call%20myself%20a%20feminist.pdf}}</ref> Kishwar's (self-proclaimed) reasons behind the disapproval of femin''ism'' aligns with that of the [[Postcolonial feminism|postcolonial feminist theory]] - perceiving [[liberal feminism]] as a monolithic western entity which discounts indigenous ways of life and actively incorporates a western framework.<ref name=":3" />

Anita Anantharam, an associate professor of Women's Studies at [[University of Florida]], writing over [[Feminist Media Studies]] in 2009, deems Kishwar to subscribe to a brand of aggressively [[nationalist feminism]] that takes a highly holistic view of the local society, culture and traditions.<ref name=":3" /> She notes that as the editorial board of ''Manushi'' thinned out over the years for varied reasons and the journal came under near-absolute stewardship of Kishwar, it chose to embrace the contemporaneous rise of the [[National conservatism|right-wing-nationalism]] through the realms of [[Hindutva]].<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Citation|last1=Rajan|first1=Rajeswari Sunder|title=Postcolonial Feminism/Postcolonialism and Feminism|date=2007|work=A Companion to Postcolonial Studies|pages=53–71|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Ltd|language=en|doi=10.1002/9780470997024.ch3|isbn=9780470997024|last2=Park|first2=You-Me}}</ref> This led to the introduction of religious and communal discourses into a hitherto secular and non-polarized space which vocally urged for a return to a golden atavistic past and amplified the "hierarchies of "East" versus "West", Indian womanhood versus western feminism, and Hindu versus Muslim identity" from the lenses of religion and ethno-nationalism.<ref name=":3" />{{Efn|She also rejects any static interpretation of religious scriptures in her bid of arguing for a highly elevated status of women in the Hindu culture, contra most scholarly readings.<ref>{{Citation|chapter=Hinduism Ancient and Modern|date=2008|pages=33–46|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Ltd|language=en|doi=10.1002/9780470775707.ch3|isbn=9780470775707|title=Hinduism and Modernity|hdl=2027/hvd.hnb659|hdl-access=free}}</ref><ref name=":3" />}}

Kishwar has since criticized her fellow feminists urging for laws to prohibit the Hindu practice of [[Sati (practice)|Sati]], instead focusing on the potential hampering of freedom to undergo death by a means of their choice and the implications of a secular state trying to regulate religious customs; she had also attacked other avenues of feminist activism from [[Anti-dowry law in India|anti-dowry legislation]] to purported abolition of [[khap]]s and introduction of [[Women's Reservation Bill|female quota bills]], from within the [[Hinduism|Hindu way of life]], arguing for a more nuanced and cultural approach, if at all.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Banerjee|first=Sikata|date=2010-09-01|title=Women, Muscular Nationalism and Hinduism in India: Roop Kanwar and the Fire Protests|journal=Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions|volume=11|issue=3–4|pages=271–287|doi=10.1080/14690764.2010.546085|issn=1469-0764}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Krook|first=Mona Lena|author-link=Mona Lena Krook|date=2008-10-01|title=Quota Laws for Women in Politics: Implications for Feminist Practice|journal=Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society|language=en|volume=15|issue=3|pages=345–368|doi=10.1093/sp/jxn014|issn=1072-4745}}</ref><ref name=":5" /> Her views have been challenged and rejected by numerous other feminists.<ref name=":5" />

She was also one of the fiercest critics of the highly acclaimed film [[Fire (1996 film)|''Fire'']], which focused a spotlight on the lesbian community in India.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Arora|first=Kulvinder|date=2006-08-01|title=The Mythology of Female Sexuality: Alternative Narratives of Belonging|journal=Women: A Cultural Review|volume=17|issue=2|pages=220–250|doi=10.1080/09574040600795820|issn=0957-4042}}</ref> Deeming that as ramblings of a self-hating-Indian that was meant to stereotype and vilify Hindus, she mocked the queer rights movements to be a Western import that went contrary to the ethos of Hindu public life and middle class values.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kapur|first=Jyotsna|date=2006-09-01|title=Love in the Midst of Fascism: Gender and Sexuality in the Contemporary Indian Documentary|journal=Visual Anthropology|volume=19|issue=3–4|pages=335–346|doi=10.1080/08949460500297448|issn=0894-9468}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Marsh|first1=Julie|last2=Brasted|first2=Howard|date=2002-12-01|title=Fire, the BJP and moral society|journal=South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies|volume=25|issue=3|pages=235–251|doi=10.1080/00856400208723500|issn=0085-6401}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lohani-Chase|first=Rama|date=2012-04-01|title=Transgressive Sexualities: Politics of Pleasure and Desire in Kamasutra: A Tale of Love and Fire|journal=Journal of Lesbian Studies|volume=16|issue=2|pages=135–152|doi=10.1080/10894160.2011.605008|issn=1089-4160|pmid=22455339}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|date=2000-01-01|title=The controversy over 'Fire': a select dossier (Part II)|journal=Inter-Asia Cultural Studies|volume=1|issue=3|pages=519–526|doi=10.1080/14649370020010012|issn=1464-9373}}</ref>{{Efn|Kishwar believes that the Indian society had been always far more comfortable with homoerotic strains of relationships in private than other civilizations or societies. Thus, despite not exocitizing them in public sphere, there is no need for any radical activism in the domain.}} Gradually, in the process, she joined a newly evolving group of (self-proclaimed) Hindutva scholars in asserting of biases in the western (and marxist) scholarship of Indic religions and weaponed ''Manushi'' as a tool during the [[California textbook controversy over Hindu history]] et al.—Anantharam notes a heavy intermingling of [[Hindutva]] and her works by the middle 2000s.<ref name=":3" />

Anantharam goes on to note that almost all contemporary feminists have since disowned their roles in the magazine to avoid any association with this hyper-nationalistic cum Hindu fervor.<ref name=":3" />

Of late, she has been an often-vitriolic critic of the newer waves of the (allegedly) western-derived mainstream [[Feminism in India|feminist movements in India]]; using [[Feminazi|pejoratives]] and expressing that these as fascist endeavors reeking of dominating and oppressing the male gender.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/gender-justice-and-the-feminazi.html|title=Gender justice and the feminazi|website=theweek.in|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/deep-focus/Farewell-flattery/articleshow/19535621.cms|title=Farewell flattery - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-09-01}}</ref><ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Chanda|first1=Geetanjali Singh|last2=Owen|first2=Norman G.|date=2001-01-01|title=Tainted Goods?: Western Feminism and the Asian Experience|journal=Asian Journal of Women's Studies|volume=7|issue=4|pages=90–105|doi=10.1080/12259276.2001.11665916|issn=1225-9276}}</ref> She had lodged legal petitions arguing for dilution of anti-rape laws to mitigate bias against males<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/833522/are-indias-anti-rape-laws-as-draconian-as-madhu-kishwar-says-they-are|title=Are India's anti-rape laws as draconian as Madhu Kishwar says they are?|last=Johari|first=Aarefa|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-03}}</ref> and has been also highly skeptical of the motivations of foreign-funded NGOs working for the causes of women.<ref name=":5" /> Some scholars have now come to recognize Kishwar as a former feminist who has since turned into an ally of anti-mainstream-feminist causes.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=Mandal|first=Saptarshi|date=2014-07-03|title=The Impossibility of Marital Rape|journal=Australian Feminist Studies|volume=29|issue=81|pages=255–272|doi=10.1080/08164649.2014.958124|issn=0816-4649}}</ref>

=== Politics and fake news ===
Kishwar has been noted for her adulation of [[Narendra Modi]], to the extent of comparing him with [[Mahatma Gandhi]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/special/ls-election-madhu-kishwar-modi-when-a-feminist-turns-right/20140402.htm|title=When a feminist turns right|website=Rediff|language=en|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/876681/madhu-kishwar-interview-it-is-hard-to-understand-why-modi-has-not-punished-the-scamsters|title=Madhu Kishwar interview: 'It is hard to understand why Modi has not punished the scamsters'|last=Gopinath|first=Vrinda|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/the-monologue-of-the-modi-mausi/289992|title=The Monologue of the Modi Mausi|website=Outlookindia|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/elections-2014/no-communalism-in-modi-s-dna-madhu-kishwar-114040300988_1.html|title=No communalism in Modi's DNA: Madhu Kishwar|date=2014-04-03|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/766647/10-madhu-kishwar-tweets-that-explain-how-difficult-it-is-to-remain-a-coherent-modi-supporter|title=10 Madhu Kishwar tweets that explain how difficult it is to remain a coherent Modi supporter|author=Scroll Staff|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> She had also written a book that absolved him, a then prime-ministerial candidate of any involvement in the [[2002 Gujarat riots]] and praised him as a non-communal politician.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/670770/five-ways-in-which-the-modi-government-has-managed-to-disappoint-madhu-kishwar|title=Five ways in which the Modi government has managed to disappoint Madhu Kishwar|last=Venkataramakrishnan|first=Rohan|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-03}}</ref> Incidentally she used to be a vocal critic of Modi.<ref name=":6" />

Kishwar has been accused by left-leaning media outlets of aiding in the propagation of allegedly communal material<ref name=":02" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/the-new-and-improved-love-jihad-formula/292405|title=The 'New And Improved' Love Jihad Formula|website=Outlookindia|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/plugged-in/zee-conspiracy-hindus-kamlesh-tiwari-murder-news-18-pakistan/310591/|title=Zee sees 'conspiracy' against Hindus in Kamlesh Tiwari murder, News 18 goes after Pakistan|last=John|first=Rachel|date=2019-10-24|website=ThePrint|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-10}}</ref> and to have propagated fake news over numerous occasions, via [[Twitter|her Twitter handle]].{{refn|<ref group=fakenews>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boomlive.in/madhu-kishwars-never-ending-tryst-with-fake-news/|title=Madhu Kishwar's Never-Ending Tryst With Fake News {{!}} {{!}} BOOM|last=Archis|date=2019-06-13|website=boomlive.in|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> <ref group=fakenews>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altnews.in/madhu-kishwars-fake-news-spree-defends-misleading-video-with-another-misleading-video/|title=Madhu Kishwar's fake news spree: Defends misleading video with another misleading video|last=Chaudhuri|first=Pooja|date=2018-12-15|website=Alt News|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> <ref group=fakenews>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altnews.in/jk-police-pulls-up-madhu-kishwar-for-sharing-fake-news/|title=J&K Police pulls up Madhu Kishwar for sharing fake news|last=Desk|first=Alt News|date=2018-05-29|website=Alt News|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> <ref group=fakenews>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-madhu-kishwar-tries-to-target-rahul-gandhi-falls-for-fake-video-yet-again-1581591-2019-08-16|title=Fact Check: Madhu Kishwar tries to target Rahul Gandhi, falls for fake video yet again|last1=DelhiAugust 16|first1=Amanpreet Kaur New|last2=August 16|first2=2019UPDATED|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-08-30|last3=Ist|first3=2019 21:33}}</ref> <ref group=fakenews>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/|title=Newslaundry {{!}} Sabki Dhulai|last=Newslaundry|website=Newslaundry|language=en-UK|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> <ref group=fakenews>{{Cite web|url=https://www.asiavillenews.com/article/fake-tweet-quoting-rana-ayyub-goes-viral-again-7365|title=Fake tweet quoting Rana Ayyub goes viral again, she threatens legal action|website=Asiaville|language=en|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> <ref group=fakenews>{{Cite web|url=http://thewirehindi.com/40241/prashant-bhushan-files-criminal-complaint-against-madhu-kishwar-for-provocative-tweets/|title=फ़ेक न्यूज़ फैलाने का आरोप लगाते हुए प्रशांत भूषण ने मधु किश्वर के ख़िलाफ़ केस दर्ज कराया|last=स्टाफ|first=द वायर|date=2018-04-16|website=The Wire-Hindi|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> <ref group=fakenews>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/madhu-kishwar-tweets-2016-dmk-manifesto-fact-check|title=Madhu Kishwar Tweets DMK 2016 Manifesto, Claims Anti-Hindu Agenda|date=2019-03-22|website=The Quint|language=en|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> <ref group=fakenews>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/communalism/karni-sena-padmavati-gurugram-bus-attack-muslim-men-arrested|title=Fake News Alert: No Muslim Men Have Been Arrested by Police for Attacking School Bus in Gurugram|website=The Wire|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> <ref group=fakenews>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/breaking-down-news-social-media-reality-tv-5145670/|title=Breaking Down News: Truth or Snare|date=2018-04-21|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> <ref group=fakenews>{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/hoaxposed/madhu-kishwar-tarek-fatah-share-fake-video-of-muslim-procession-in-rajasthan/163579/|title=Madhu Kishwar, Tarek Fatah share fake video of Muslim procession in Rajasthan|last=Grover|first=Priyamvada|date=14 December 2018|website=The Print (India)|access-date=30 August 2019}}</ref> <ref group=fakenews>{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/secret-madhu-kishwarji-fan-club-whatsapp-group/31818/|title=A glimpse inside the secret Madhu Kishwarji Fan Club WhatsApp Group|last=Chopra|first=Rohit|date=23 February 2018|website=The Print (India)|access-date=30 August 2019}}</ref> <ref group=fakenews>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altnews.in/madhu-kishwar-tweets-fake-quote-attributed-kapil-sibal/|title=Madhu Kishwar tweets a fake quote attributed to Kapil Sibal|last=Sidharth|first=Arjun|date=2018-02-10|website=Alt News|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> <ref group=fakenews>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altnews.in/madhu-kishwar-tweets-fake-quote-from-parody-account-ascribed-to-rape-accused-kerala-bishop/|title=Madhu Kishwar tweets fake quote from parody account ascribed to rape accused Kerala Bishop|last=Patel|first=Jignesh|date=2018-09-16|website=Alt News|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> <ref group=fakenews>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altnews.in/old-photos-false-claim-weapons-recovered-from-a-mosque-in-gujarat/|title=Old photos, false claim: Weapons recovered from a mosque in Gujarat|last=Sidharth|first=Arjun|date=2019-07-24|website=Alt News|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> <ref group=fakenews>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altnews.in/has-cm-of-andhra-pradesh-appointed-an-evangelist-to-head-the-tirupati-temple-trust/|title=Has CM of Andhra Pradesh appointed an evangelist to head the Tirupati Temple Trust?|last=Sidharth|first=Arjun|date=2019-06-17|website=Alt News|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> <ref group=fakenews>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altnews.in/mamata-banerjees-speech-clipped-to-portray-her-as-religiously-biased-towards-muslims/|title=Mamata Banerjee's speech clipped to portray her as religiously biased towards Muslims|last=Chaudhuri|first=Pooja|date=2019-05-21|website=Alt News|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> <ref group=fakenews>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altnews.in/tarek-fatah-tweets-old-video-falsely-claiming-muslims-waved-pak-flags-to-celebrate-congress-victory/|title=Tarek Fatah tweets old video falsely claiming Muslims waved Pak flags to celebrate Congress' victory|last=Patel|first=Jignesh|date=2018-12-13|website=Alt News|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> <ref group=fakenews>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altnews.in/media-analysis-how-fanatic-evangelism-was-declared-as-motive-behind-gurgaon-shooting/|title=Media analysis: How 'fanatic evangelism' was declared as motive behind Gurgaon shooting|last=Chaudhuri|first=Pooja|date=2018-10-19|website=Alt News|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> <ref group=fakenews>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altnews.in/madhu-kishwar-tweets-photoshopped-image-of-amul-ad-targeting-gandhi-family/|title=Madhu Kishwar tweets photoshopped image of Amul Ad targeting Gandhi family|last=Patel|first=Jignesh|date=2019-08-31|website=Alt News|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-01}}</ref>}}

==Works==

* ''In Search of Answers: Indian Women's Voices'' (with Ruth Vanita, Zed Books, 1984). {{ISBN|0862321786}}.
* ''Gandhi and Women'' (Manushi Prakashan, 1986). {{ASIN|B0007BRY8S}}.
* ''Women Bhakta Poets : Manushi'' (Manushi Publications, 1989). {{ASIN|B001RPVZVU}}.
* ''The Dilemma And Other Stories'' (with Ruth Vanitha, Manushi Prakashan, 1997). {{ISBN|8186573003}}.
* ''Religion at the service of nationalism and other essays'' (Oxford University Press, 1998). {{ISBN|0195641612}}.
* ''Off the Beaten Track: Rethinking Gender Justice for Indian Women'' (Oxford University Press, 2002). {{ISBN|0195658310}}.
* ''Deepening Democracy: Challenges of Governance and Globalization in India'' (Oxford University Press, 2006). {{ISBN|0195683528}}.
* ''Zealous Reformers, Deadly Laws: Battling Stereotypes'' (SAGE, 2008). {{ISBN|0761936378}}.
* ''Modi, Muslims and Media: Voices from Narendra Modi's Gujarat'' (Manushi Publications, 2014). {{ISBN|978-81-929352-0-1}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://m.timesofindia.com/india/Congress-to-blame-for-Godhra-says-author-Madhu-Kishwar-in-her-new-book/articleshow/33345987.cms|title=Congress to blame for Godhra, says author Madhu Kishwar in her new book|last=Nair|first=Sangeetha|date=6 April 2014|work=The Times of India|accessdate=23 April 2014}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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==References==
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===Fake news spotted by fact checker websites===
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==External links==
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* {{Twitter}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121027121919/http://www.manushi.in/pages.php?pageid=7 Manushi: Madhu Purnima Kishwar’s Blog]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060424051101/http://www.indiatogether.org/manushi/ Manushi:A journal about women and society]
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Madhu Kishwar - Revision history

->Tayi Arajakate at 16:17, 7 January 2022