Rewriting History: The Life and Times of Pandita Ramabai by Uma Chakravarti

Rewriting History: The Life and Times of Pandita Ramabai

Uma Chakravarti

402 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

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Pandita Ramabai was one of India's earliest feminists. Honored with the title of Saraswati in Calcutta in 1879, she soon alienated the men who had initially supported her. A high-caste Hindu widow, Ramabai converted to Christianity, an act that wa...

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