Meera Kosambi: 3 books
Dharmanand Kosambi
The Essential Writings
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
The life and writings of Dharmanand Kosambi (18761947), pioneering scholar of Pali and Buddhist Studies, comprise the substance of this book.Born in rural Goa, Dharmanand came under the spell of the Buddhas teachings during his adolescence. As described in his long autobiographical memoir (included here),...
Gender, Culture, and Performance
Marathi Theatre and Cinema before Independence
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
This book presents a lucid, comprehensive, and entertaining narrative of culture and society in late 19th- and early 20th-century Maharashtra through a perceptive study of its theatre and cinema. An intellectual tour de force, it will be invaluable to scholars and researchers of modern Indian history,...
Pandita Ramabai
Life and landmark writings
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2016
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...