Chapter 2 Hindola (The Swing) Assessing the extent and nature of desertion in Daund taluka and Ghole road ward of Pune city Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule Women’s Studies Centre, University of Pune Society for Promoting Participative Eco-System Management (SOPPECOM) December 2008 1 Hindola (The Swing) Assessing the extent and nature of desertion in Daund taluka and Ghole road ward of Pune city First Edition: December 2008 Published by: Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule Women’s Studies Centre, University of Pune Society for Promoting Participative Eco-System Management (SOPPECOM) Contact: KSP Women’s Studies Centre, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Bhavan, University of Pune, Pune 411007. Phone No: 020- 25601300. Email:
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[email protected]. Website: www.soppecom.org Cover Design: Raju Deshpande Layout Design: Sharada Mahalle Printed at: Positive Enterprises, Pune Donation Price: Rs. 50/- 2 Chapter 2 Preface In November 2005, when the project ‘Assessing the extent and nature of desertion’ was undertaken by all of us jointly, we as students and researchers in the emerging interdisciplinary field of Women’s Studies, were aware of the complexities and rapid changes taking place in the Indian political economy. Assessment of the extent and nature of desertion in Daund Taluka and Ghole Road ward of Pune City is surely an empirical research conducted by separating an issue of desertion, studies at a micro level towards locating the practices of marriage and familial living on material as well as local sites. This data not only presents desertion across different social groups underscoring the links between violence and desertion, but poses many question marks to various dichotomies such as global vs.