making South Asian women visible
As the world copes with the COVID-19 pandemic and watches with awe as the health-care community goes about its work, we at the Prajnya Archives invite you to celebrate the doctors, nurses and other caregivers and healers you know. Email your photos-with-narratives to archives.prajnya@gmail.com for inclusion in this special collection. Write "Healthcare Heroes" in the subject... Continue Reading →
The Prajnya Archives invite you to a visual celebration of the ideas, creativity and voices of women WOMEN OF WORDS August 1-October 15, 2019 Are there women in your family or your circle of friends to whom writing comes naturally and who express themselves most freely through the written word? Send us photos with stories... Continue Reading →
Written by Ranjana Padhi and Laxmi Murthy, who have been associated with the autonomous women’s movement since the mid-1980s and were active in Saheli from around 1986-2006. Posted on August 9, the day Saheli was founded in 1981. There is no cure against mortality, yet there is a lingering sadness and a sense of loss... Continue Reading →
I am 23 years old girl born and brought up in a typical Indian Joint Family (which means among 16 other members of my joint family) in a small town of Maharashtra. Been through all the thick and thin of what living in such family means, with all the enjoyment, festivities and the dramas.I have... Continue Reading →
Ritika Bajaj always knew her life would revolve around the written word. Her journey with language began when she graduated in English Literature from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, and later pursued a masters in English Literature from SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai. In 2002, she started her career as a feature writer in a lifestyle publication... Continue Reading →
This is a story about Dr. Srividya Sivakumar, Coimbatore-based poet & teacher, who has two collections of poetry to her name, The Heart is an Attic (2018, Hawakal Publishers) & The Blue Note (2012, Writers Workshop). This is also the story of my oldest and dearest friend of 30+ years. Our friendship began in words... Continue Reading →
"Radha is a fond writer of Tamil language. She loves writing poems and essays on various topics such as Social causes, Political affairs, Devotion, Personal emotions, Nature and so on. Her Tamil language resembles that of Sangam literature Tamil. She posts her works on her Facebook wall." Example of her writing: " அண்டபிண்டத்தின் மறைபொருள்..உண்மையொன்று உறங்குதடாஉள்ளமதைத் தேடுதடாஉள்ளதென்று... Continue Reading →
Pushpa is a widow, aged about 35, engaged in vegetable trade with a self-help group loan, in Natham village, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu When Pushpa lost her husband unexpectedly in an accident, she approached the Raja Rajeswari women self-help group in Natham village through IFDE field coordinator, D. Jayalakshmi for advice and help. Out of... Continue Reading →
With self-help group loans, S. Rajani, aged about 30, living in Kundrathur village, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu, has developed the milk trade within 3 years. The Moon Self Help Group formed in 2007 with 12 women had been actively functioning. S. Rajani got a loan of Rs.15,000 in 2011 and bought a cross-bred cow. She... Continue Reading →
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