Synopsis
'Sudhir Chandra's Rukhmabai takes biography writing to another level. Decades of research clears many myths and falsehoods about this extraordinary rebel-doctor.' – Akshaya Mukul
The extraordinary story of a child bride who took on the patriarchy and emerged one of India’s pioneering women doctors.
From overcoming stupendous trials to inscribing her name in the annals of women’s liberation, Rukhmabai’s journey is marked...
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05 February 2024
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'Sudhir Chandra's Rukhmabai takes biography writing to another level. Decades of research clears many myths and falsehoods about this extraordinary rebel-doctor.' – Akshaya Mukul
‘(Rukhmabai) does come alive in the pages that follow as Chandra reconstructs her life on the basis of fragmentary sources and discovers in her struggle elements of profound radicalism that were neither understood by her countrymen nor by the coloniser’ – Lakshmi Subramanian, Telegraph
‘Powerful … Remarkable’ – Kaveri Nambisan, Mint
