In the season of open letters, Anupama Jain writes one to her daughter and impart some valuable lessons in her trademark '(s)mothering' style. Dearest Daughter, I’m back with yet another open letter to you, girl! I know one rarely reads open letters but it’s time the churning within got a closure. Anyway, let me not … Continue reading An Open Letter to A Daughter
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Femcyclopaedia by Kirthi Jayakumar
At a time when equality and women's empowerment were notions still unheard of, Sarla Thakur became the first Indian woman to fly an aircraft. Born in 1914, she earned an aviation pilot license in 1936 at the age of 21. By that time she was already married and had a four-year-old daughter. In spite of … Continue reading Femcyclopaedia by Kirthi Jayakumar
Femcyclopaedia by Kirthi Jayakumar
Kamla Bhasin is an Indian developmental feminist activist, poet, author and social scientist. Her work spans across 35 years and focuses on gender, education, human development and the media. Best known for her work on the NGO Sangat- a South Asian network of feminists, and for her poem Kyunki main ladki hoon, mujhe padhna hai. In 1995, she recited a refurbished, feminist version of the … Continue reading Femcyclopaedia by Kirthi Jayakumar
Femcyclopaedia by Kirthi Jayakumar
C. S. Lakshmi is an Indian feminist writer and independent researcher in women's studies from India. She writes under the pseudonym Ambai. Lakshmi was born in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu in 1944. She grew up in Mumbai and Bangalore. She obtained her M.A in Bangalore and her PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her dissertation … Continue reading Femcyclopaedia by Kirthi Jayakumar
Femcyclopaedia by Kirthi Jayakumar
Malini Chib is an Indian disability rights activist and author who has cerebral palsy. Chib wrote the book One Little Finger over the course of two years by typing with only one finger. Malini was born in Calcutta, India in 1966. She suffered from a loss of oxygen during birth causing cerebral palsy. Her parents … Continue reading Femcyclopaedia by Kirthi Jayakumar
INCREDIBLE WOMEN OF INDIA 