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Women's contribution and their pivotal role in society in India and Central Asia, vis-a-vis political, social and economic have been phenomenal. This book looks at the changing role of women in India and Central Asia. It examines women's issues in terms of politics, economy, society and culture and the multiplicity of the factors that affect their choices and behaviour, of both India and Central Asia including women in history, so as to have a deeper insight on the overall condition of the women through the years. This is one of the first few books dealing with women in Central Asia by Indian Author and is interesting as first-hand information collected during the field trip through interviews, discussions and observations have immensely supplemented this work; Use of literature (Hindi, Russian, Kazakh, and Turkmen) and images, graphs, table etc. have enriched this book. This book will be of great interest and importance to researchers and students working on women's issues. Kamala Kumari is Assistant Professor at the University of Delhi. New Delhi, India. She has been associated and worked on projects titled, “India and China in Central Asia: Building a Cooperative Agenda”, Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS-MEA project), Delhi, India”; “Security issues in Central Asia: India's Stand and International Perspective”, and “Women Empowerment and Political leadership: A Comparative Study of India and Russia”, in Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. She has delivered lectures in Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan). She completed her M Phil and Ph D from the Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. She has publications which include a book and several chapters in edited books and a number of articles in reputed journals.