Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-230) and index.
1. Competing realities -- 2. Setting the pattern : Muslim communities in the nineteenth century -- 3. Education and the question of Urdu -- 4. Attitudes towards social legislation -- 5. Growth of the Indian Women's Movement and the attack on Purdah -- 6. Transition -- 7. Findings -- 8. Marriage, family and Purdah -- 9. Education and literacy -- 10. Within the mainstream -- 11. Confronting the issues -- Postscript: Shah Bano : evaluating the impact.