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100			_aSlate, Nico
245			_aKamaladevi Chattopadhyay: the art of freedom
260			_aGurugram: _bHarperCollins Publishers India, _c2024.
300			_axx, 365p.: _bhbk.: _c23cm.
440			_aIndian Lives
504			_aIncludes Epilogue, Acknowledgements, Notes and Index
520	I		_aIn 1947, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay made an unexpected visit to a gloomy government building in New Delhi to confront one of the gravest crises facing the newly independent nation-the fate of the millions of refugees pouring across the borders with Pakistan. She had no official standing, but somehow managed to arrange for a piece of land just outside the capital, where a model town would be built to house 30,000 people. This town is today’s Faridabad. This is just one of the many efforts-often forgotten-made by an indomitable woman who strove to empower others throughout her life. Born a Saraswat Brahmin in Mangalore, Kamaladevi was a performing artist, a Gandhian, a social reformer, an educationist, an institution builder, a patron of the arts, an author, a visionary. She built bridges across divides decreed by tradition, while establishing her own identity as an Indian woman finding a place for herself in a male-dominated world. Her dream was of an India that was free not just of colonial rule but of the shackles of poverty, caste oppression and gender disparities. Nico Slate’s new and definitive biography explores the life of Kamaladevi, one of the most inspiring figures of twentieth-century India. https://harpercollins.co.in/product/indian-lives-kamaladevi-chattopadhyay/
650			_aHistory
650			_aNon-Fiction
650			_aDemocratic Socialism
650			_aSalt and Solitary
650			_aCultural Revolution
650			_aBiography
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