This superb book blows to smithereens the stereotype of Muslim women as being submissive and without agency. Through her immersive reportage in states across India, Fatima Khan crafts sensitive portraits of female students, homemakers, lawyers, teachers and writers, fighting back against communal bigotry and patriarchal oppression. Everyday Revolutions is a work of courage and compassion, that should be mandatory reading for those interested in a deeper understanding of the failed promises of the Republic, and possible pathways to redeem them.

RAMACHANDRA GUHA

Fatima Khan brilliantly captures the churn within India's Muslims with an incisive understanding of the political and emotional transformations of our times. As Muslim women take centre stage and chart new pathways of resistance, her clear-eyed account traces the feminist vernaculars of their own making. Her attentive reading of these struggles reminds us that Muslim women need no saving; instead, it is they who will save India's democracy from the clutches of fascism.

UMAR KHALID

Fatima Khan weaves flesh-and-blood stories at the street level into the bigger context and setting to paint a comprehensive and nuanced portrait of the struggles and aspirations of Muslim women in India. This is simply one of the most impressive and significant pieces of reporting I have ever read.

JOE SACCO

Fatima Khan brings to life the courage and resilience of Muslim women who refuse to be confined by stereotypes. Their struggles against discrimination and patriarchy are intertwined with a fight for dignity, voice and equal citizenship. Through stories of resistance, solidarity and everyday assertion, Everyday Revolutions shows women claiming space, exercising agency, and the right to shape their own lives. They fight for themselves and their families, remain in spaces that tell them they do not belong, and build networks of support to keep going. A must-read for those seeking to understand the everyday struggles of ordinary people, especially Muslims.It's a well written and moving account of the lives of Muslim women in the midst of major changes taking place in Indian society.

ZOYA HASAN, Professor Emerita, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Everyday Revolutions shows us the 'naked reality' of a frighteningly commonplace Islamophobia and the way it impacts Indian Muslim women. An urgent book for difficult times.

ANNIE ZAIDI