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She has published around 4,000 articles for various news outlets and journals and authored 11 books, on consumer rights, music and feminist issues. Her writings have been translated into
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Narasimhan, Sakuntala (2007). "Affirmative Action: Cross-Commonalities in the
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Born unfree: a selection of articles on practices and policies affecting women in India
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at the postgraduate level. She has also taught in the United States on a
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Empowering Women: An
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