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Pandita Ramabai

Meera Kosambi

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Description:This book looks at the life of Pandita Ramabai, one of the major social reformers of 19th-century India. Her unique life trajectory spanned across a pan-Indian, orthodox Hindu mould to being part of Brahmo Samaj and Prarthana Samaj, and further to Christianity. At the age of 30 she had travelled widely within India and across the world, from USA and UK in the West to Japan in the Far East. She reported these fascinating journeys to international friends and fellow Maharashtrians in both English and Marathi. Fighting conservatism and marginalization she set up several projects to empower women, notably, the Sharada Sadan in Mumbai and the Mukti Mission in Kedgaon near Pune in Maharashtra.This work locates Pandita Ramabai within her liminal social milieu and discursive networks during various phases of her life, and traces her diverse ideological routes along with her critical writings, some of which have been retrieved and/or presented in English translation here for the first time, including "The High-Caste Hindu Woman" and the newly discovered "Voyage to England." Offering a comprehensive insight into aspects of 19th-century Indian society religion and reform, women s rights and feminism, social movements, poverty, and colonialism this book will greatly interest researchers and students of South Asian history, sociology, and gender studies."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Pandita Ramabai. To get started finding Pandita Ramabai, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This book looks at the life of Pandita Ramabai, one of the major social reformers of 19th-century India. Her unique life trajectory spanned across a pan-Indian, orthodox Hindu mould to being part of Brahmo Samaj and Prarthana Samaj, and further to Christianity. At the age of 30 she had travelled widely within India and across the world, from USA and UK in the West to Japan in the Far East. She reported these fascinating journeys to international friends and fellow Maharashtrians in both English and Marathi. Fighting conservatism and marginalization she set up several projects to empower women, notably, the Sharada Sadan in Mumbai and the Mukti Mission in Kedgaon near Pune in Maharashtra.This work locates Pandita Ramabai within her liminal social milieu and discursive networks during various phases of her life, and traces her diverse ideological routes along with her critical writings, some of which have been retrieved and/or presented in English translation here for the first time, including "The High-Caste Hindu Woman" and the newly discovered "Voyage to England." Offering a comprehensive insight into aspects of 19th-century Indian society religion and reform, women s rights and feminism, social movements, poverty, and colonialism this book will greatly interest researchers and students of South Asian history, sociology, and gender studies."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Pandita Ramabai. To get started finding Pandita Ramabai, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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