Changing India

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