Globalisation and liberalisation has opened the doors of higher education for students from all walks of life—greater access, free flow of information, ideas, plethora of opportunities across the borders, to name a few. However, the results of globalisation of education have been paradoxical in the Indian scenario, especially in the backdrop of the structural changes struggling with the issue of equality. No doubt mass education has taken off, yet, in practice, socio-cultural hegemony exists in the educational institutions. The present article is an attempt to delineate the experiences of women students, pursuing higher education, about their interactions within the educational institutions in the city of Lucknow.
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