Contemporary Indian museums as “feminist” spaces of care. Museums & Social Issues, 1–11  

Until recently, women and their stories – along with those of other marginalized groups – have largely remained underrepresented in the Indian museum space. In the latter part of the twentieth century, however, Indian curatorial activism helped to subvert hegemonic museological narratives – embodied in a non-personalized curatorial approach. An underlying characteristic that connects the contemporary museums, on the other hand, is a sustained curatorial focus on “silenced” stories, articulated via narratives or materialized through object displays. By evoking the feminist framework, the author emphasizes curatorial care – whether for past stories, people, sociopolitical issues, the future, or museological displays – as the overarching feature of a remedied Indian museum space.