Changing India A Muslim Woman Speaks

Iqbalunnisa Hussain was born in Bangalore in 1897. She was married at the age of 15 to Syed Ahmed Hussain, an official in the Mysore government who encouraged her to acquire an education. She joined a school in Mysore and later the Maharanias College from where she obtained her BA degree and a gold medal by correspondence in 1930. In 1933, she travelled to the UK for her Masteras in Education at Leeds University, thus becoming one of the few middle class Muslim Women from India to obtain a degree from the UK.

She represented India at the Twelfth International Womenas Congress at Istanbul in September 1935 and was a keen member of the All-India Womenas Conferences. In Bangalore she founded a school where she encouraged Muslim girls to acquire an education while also providing training in rug making, carpet weaving, embroidery, cutting and sewing. Her students participated in the Girl Guides, were good debaters, and keen performers in dramas and plays. She is the author of several books including Changing India: A Muslim Woman Speaks, Purdah and Polygamy: Life in an Indian Muslim Household.

Iqbalunnisa Hussain was born in Bangalore in 1897. She was married at the age of 15 to Syed Ahmed Hussain, an official in the Mysore government who encouraged her to acquire an education. She joined a school in Mysore and later the Maharanias College from where she obtained her BA degree and a gold medal by correspondence in 1930. In 1933, she travelled to the UK for her Masteras in Education at Leeds University, thus becoming one of the few middle class Muslim Women from India to obtain a degree from the UK.

Foreword
Foreword by John Spiers
Introduction
1. Islam and Muhammadanism
2. Ijtihad: The Basic Principle of Islam
3. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh): The Most Modern Thinker
4. The Causes that Led to the Degeneration of the Muslims
5. There is no Polygamy in Islam
6. The Psychological Treatment of Man in Islam
7. The Position of Woman in Islam
8. The Present Condition of Girls in Islam
9. Purdah and Progress
10. The Service of Islam to Humanity
11. Changing India: Basis of Cultural Relationships and the Case for Communal Award
12. The Position of Women in India
13. The Differences Between Muslims and Hindus
14. The Unemployment Problem and Mysore
15. Beggary in India
16. Is The Present Dowry System Justified?
17. The Effect of Early Marriage on Indians
18. The Importance of the Mother Tongue
19. Polygamous Marriages
20. Educated Girls in Uncivilized Families
21. HH The Maharaja of Mysore
22. Tribute to aThe Deccan Timesa
23. Group Psychology and India
24. Impressions of a Visit to Europe
25. My Experience in an English University
26. Women of East and West in Cooperation
27. Progress of Womenas Education Abroad
28. Muslim Womenas Education
29. Character and Education
30. The Educative Value of the Girl Guides Movement
31. The Girl Guidesa Movement in India
32. Heredity
33. Woman as an Individual
34. Potentialities of the Future
Appendix
Index