Richa Walia did her doctoral research on gender issues from Department of Sociology, Panjab University, Chandigarh. She is with the Gender Studies Unit at IDC, Chandigarh. She has research and teaching experience of about 7 years. Her areas of interest include qualitative research methodology, culture, gender sexuality and family. Her writings include gender, patriarchy and religion. Currently, she is writing a book on problems of adolescent girls’ in rural India.