India, April 17 -- * "Kokh ke andhere se kabra ke andhere tak (From the darkness of the womb to the darkness of the grave)," says a poster that serves as a comment on female infanticide, violence against women, and biases that serve to keep women in the dark.

* "Yes we can," says a note held up by a chic, smiling, wheelchair-bound woman in another such art work.

* A third poster bears no words, just a heartfelt wish. It shows a woman reclining in a sari, her feet up on a stool, a book in her hands and a cathode-ray TV on its stand in front of her. A cup of tea sits at her side, and she wears a carefree smile.

It's been 20 years since the feminist imprint Zubaan began collecting posters from across India's women's-rights movements.

The...