"It is interesting, the definite place in the scheme of life, allotted to women in a country where woman is of no account, except as handmaid to her lord man. I am always finding illustration of this truth. No spite, no resentment can rob individuals of the right to perform certain religious acts." (Between the Twilights 36)

In Between the Twilights: Being Studies of Indian Women by One of Themselves, Cornelia Sorabji discusses the state of Indian women, especially Hindus, and their spiritual, familial and social obligations towards the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries. It provides an extensive discussion of the rights of Indian women through engaging intricate sociocultural aspects that have historically influenced Indian womanhood.

 
Year of Publication: 1908