101 Great Daughters of India Who Shaped The World
Book Specification
Item Code: | NAO974 |
Author: | Jagdish Singh Nadar & B. Adyanand |
Publisher: | Robin Books |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 2017 |
ISBN: | 9788181320230 |
Pages: | 352 |
Cover: | Paperback |
Other Details | 8.5 inch X 5.5 inch |
Weight | 380 gm |
Book Description
101 Daughters of India who Shaped the World, is another title in the series of 101 . . . To select only hundred one women from the world of Great Daughters India has produced is in itself a hard task to perform. It is just an honest attempt to present to the readers an interesting and informative description of some of the remarkable Indian Daughters. The book attempts to portray life and works of the women of different eras and styles. Attempt has been made to include daughter of different ages who had made their marks in their respective fields. Their works are still relevant and proved to be milestones for the coming generations. A very brief sketch of every daughter's life makes the reading interesting and it also gives the historical background of that period. The book also details their struggle and achievement in life and how they overcame and conquered obstacles and hardships to pursue their passions.
Great daughter like Jhansi Ki Rani, Laxmibai, Arundhati Roy, Chand Bibi, Kalpana Chawla, Indira Gandhi or Teejan Bai present a kaleidoscopic view of different fields. On one hand, where Rani Laxmibai portrays beginning of the freedom struggle, on the other hand, Kalpana Chawla always loved stars and became one herself. And others give the picturesque scenario of changing faces of historic/modern India. This book tries to present the best-known works of the women from varied fields. Artists with their distinct styles and crafts give the book a variation in reading which will keep the interest of the readers intact till the end.
Here, it is important to mention that the book does not go into the intricacy of the artworks and the field adopted by the different women of various generations. It does not go either in giving the critical analysis of the merits and demerits of their work. I, however, does mention the phases and periods and the times of those works. Appreciations and accolades received from different sections of society, either common people of people from high rank or profile have been mentioned in the book in the same vein as the criticism and disapproval of any work received from any quarter.
This book is aimed not only for art lovers but also for genera readers for whom it will open a vast new world of arts which are timeless and monumental in their grandeur. The struggle, these women have gone through in their lives, will prove inspirational for anyone from any walk of life. So, dive deep into this art world to get the gems of life.
Contents
Preface | vii | |
1 | Abbakka | 1 |
2 | Ahilyabai Holkar | 4 |
3 | Aishwarya Rai | 8 |
4 | Alarmel Valli | 14 |
5 | Alphonsa Muttathupadathu | 19 |
6 | Amrita Pritam | 21 |
7 | Amrita Sher-Gil | 24 |
8 | Anandi Gopal Joshi | 26 |
9 | Anita Desai | 29 |
10 | Anjali Arora | 34 |
11 | Anju Bobby George | 36 |
12 | Annapurna Devi | 40 |
13 | Annie Besant | 42 |
14 | Dr. Arati Prabhakar | 50 |
15 | Aruna Asaf Ali | 52 |
16 | Arundhati Roy | 55 |
17 | Asha Bhonsle | 63 |
18 | Ashwini Nachappa | 67 |
19 | Athira Krishna | 71 |
20 | Bachendri Pal | 74 |
21 | Bahina Bai | 78 |
22 | Barkha Dutt | 81 |
23 | Begum Akhtar | 83 |
24 | Begum Hazrat Mahal | 88 |
25 | Bhikaji Cama | 89 |
26 | Bula Chowdhury | 93 |
27 | Chand Bibi | 97 |
28 | Diana Eduljee | 102 |
29 | Dola Banerjee | 110 |
30 | Durga Bhabi | 112 |
31 | Durgabai Deshmukh | 114 |
32 | Gargi Vachaknavi | 115 |
33 | Gayatri Devi | 117 |
34 | Geeta Dutt | 121 |
35 | Hadi Rani | 125 |
36 | Homai Vyarawalla | 126 |
37 | Indira Gandhi | 132 |
38 | Jalkari Bai | 134 |
39 | Jhumpa Lahiri Vourvoulias | 135 |
40 | Jijabai | 138 |
41 | Kadambini Ganguly | 140 |
42 | Kalpana Chawla | 143 |
43 | Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay | 150 |
44 | Kiran Bedi | 153 |
45 | Kiran Desai | 157 |
46 | Kiran Mazumdar Shaw | 160 |
47 | Kittur Chennamma | 162 |
48 | Lata Mangeshkar | 163 |
49 | M. S. Subbulakshmi | 168 |
50 | Madhavi Mudgal | 173 |
51 | Madhubala | 176 |
52 | Mahadevi Varma | 183 |
53 | Mahasweta Devi | 187 |
54 | Maitreyi | 191 |
55 | Mallika Srinivasan | 194 |
56 | Maneka Gandhi | 196 |
57 | Mary Kom | 199 |
58 | Mata Amritanandamayi | 204 |
59 | Medha Patkar | 207 |
60 | Meerabai | 209 |
61 | Mehr Jesia | 214 |
62 | Mithali Raj | 216 |
63 | Mother Teresa | 219 |
64 | Mridula Sarabhai | 224 |
65 | Mrinal Pande | 227 |
66 | Mrinalini Sarabhai | 228 |
67 | Nameirakpam Kunjarani Devi | 230 |
68 | Nargis Dutt | 233 |
69 | Noor Jehan | 237 |
70 | Nur Jahan | 243 |
71 | P. T. Usha | 246 |
72 | Panna Dhai | 249 |
73 | Pratibha Patil | 252 |
74 | Pritilata Waddedar | 260 |
75 | Puspa Lata Das | 262 |
76 | Rajkumari Amrit Kaur | 266 |
77 | Rani Gaidinliu | 271 |
78 | Rani Laxmi Bai | 275 |
79 | Rani Padmini | 279 |
80 | Razia Sultana | 282 |
81 | Sishtla Janaki | 285 |
82 | Sania Mirza | 291 |
83 | Sarla Thakral | 294 |
84 | Sarojini Naidu | 297 |
85 | Savitri Bai Phule | 300 |
86 | Shahnaz Husain | 304 |
87 | Shakuntala | 308 |
88 | Shakuntala Devi | 311 |
89 | Shanta Sinha | 313 |
90 | Shiny Abraham (Wilson) | 315 |
91 | Shobhana Bhartia | 318 |
92 | Sister Nivedita | 320 |
93 | Sonal Mansingh | 322 |
94 | Subhadra Kumari Chauhan | 324 |
95 | Sucheta Kriplani | 326 |
96 | Sulajja Firodia | 328 |
97 | Motwani | 330 |
98 | Usha Uthup | 335 |
99 | Vandana Luthra | 339 |
100 | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit | 342 |
101 | Yamini Krishnamurthy | 344 |