Manushi—A Journal about Women and Society was founded in 1978 and managed by a non-profit organisation called Manushi Trust. Even though the most visible activity of the Trust is the publication of the journal Manushi, the organization has been involved in a whole range of activities from its very inception. In 1991, a distinct forum called Manushi Sangathan was created for the active interventions as well as for providing a platform for organising citizens for democratic reforms. In 2007, we were compelled to temporarily suspend the Journal due to an unprecedented crisis as many of us faced a series of violent attacks in 2006 on account of our policy reform work for street vendors. (An account of this is available at www.manushi.in).