Category Archives: 1880s

Pandita Ramabai

Pandita Ramabai, author of The High Caste Hindu Woman and an early feminist and social reformer, converted to Christianity and went on to found the Mukti Mission. It isn’t completely clear in this picture, but Helen Dyer records in her biography of Ramabai that she … Continue reading

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Extract from Suniti Devi’s autobiography

No doubt sari dinners should come back in vogue:)

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