The 1980s in India saw the rise and growth of the fishworkers movement demanding the right to their survival and questioning the fisheries policy of the State. Within this context, the struggle of women also gained relevance. What role have they played in the sector and community and how do they see the future? The book gives a snapshot of struggles of village women in a fishing village in South India torn between the demands of traditional female roles and their desire to be free human beings; and adverse reactions from men to this desire. It documents the process of development of a feminist consciousness of a group of activists on the one hand, and of the women of the community on the other.