India, Oct. 18 -- For much of India's democratic history, the woman voter was invisible and ignored. That has changed. Today, women vote in greater numbers than ever before, often making independent choices that can overturn conventional political wisdom. From the welfare state and identity politics to kitchen economics and public protest, the woman voter can shapes outcome at different levels of politics. In this book, journalist Ruhi Tewari travels across states and communities to explore how Indian women vote. Blending fieldwork, data and political insight, What Women Want, the product of two decades of reportage, traces the rise of the woman voter from silent participant to decisive force. It asks probing questions too. Do women vote as women? Do caste or religion override gender? This is a portrait of Indian democracy through a lens that views women not as passive beneficiaries of politics, but as stakeholders....