Volume 1, No. 2 – 2001 Women and Power Vol. I - No. 2 - July 2001 Editorial Women and Power Editorial by G. S. JAYASREE Articles Kerala Women:less than Equals? by K. SARADAMONIWoman and Power in the Namboodiry Community by USHA NAMBUDRIPAD“Was Matriliny ever any Different? Resisting the Binary–Powerful Karanavan/Dependent Women” by PRAVEENA KODOTHThe Media (Ted)woman: Gender Politics vs. Cultural Dynamics by MEENA T. PILLAIDepiction of Power Relations in the Malayalam Novel by P.K.RAJASEKHARANWoman ‘Empowered’? Representation in Indian English Fiction by D. MAYAExcerpts from an Autobiography by K.R. Gouri AmmaAmartya Sen’s Development Perspective: A view from Kerala by M. KUNHAMANWomen, Society, Power by NISHA VENUGOPALFlowres and Kumkum: Symbols of a Woman’s Fertility by JAYANTI NAIKThe ‘Feminine’ Capital of Kerala and Growth by SAROJINI MENON’Her Story’:the Lucknowi Baijees of the 19th and Early 20th Centuries by SEEMANTINI GUPTAMahatma Gandhi and Women’s Emancipation by M.B.GEETHA KUMARIFeatures Feminist Matriarch: Betty Friedan – a Profile by ESTHER JAYANTHI RAJ Interview Swarnakumari Menon: An Interview by T.K. ANANDI Poetry The new Mildewed Millennium by SANIUKTA DASGUPTATo Sita by VASANTHI SANKARANARAYANANLessons: 1,2, 3 by MAMTA SAGARTime,Dreams,Morning news, Blinding love by INDIRA MENONWhen the soul Catches fire by MARY NIRMALA Translation The Carpenter’s Daughter by VIJAYALEKSHIMISuicide Suicide Suicide by RAJALEKSHMIA World without Dushyanthan and Bheeman by P. VALSALAGlorified Falsehoods by ASHITHAEyes by VOLGAMehnat ki roti by SUNANDA BHATTACHARYA