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100	1		_aSlate, Nico, _eauthor _960899
245			_aKamaladevi Chattopadhyay : _cthe art of freedom / _bNico Slate.
260			_aGurugram : _bFourth Estate, _c2024.
490	1		_aIndian Lives
520			_a"In 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. This is the third book in the Indian Lives series, edited and curated by Ramachandra Guha."--
600			_aChattopadhyaya, Kamaladevi, 1903- _91660714
650			_aIndia -- Politics and government -- 1919-1947 _9409955
650			_aNationalists -- India -- Biography _9420844
650			_aWomen social workers -- India -- Biography _91660715
830			_aIndian Lives _91660716
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