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Overlooked No More: Pandita Ramabai, Indian Scholar, Feminist and Educator
- XJOKOLAT 8y agoLOL .... except by the comments section of HN Muhahahahahaa Is what I would have said.
- foolinaround 8y agoFTA: "Ramabai’s critique of the Hindu patriarchy and embrace of Christianity extracted a heavy price, according to her biographers: It led to her marginalization in India and her ultimate omission from mainstream history books." Not only that, her embrace of Christianity led to her marginalization even among the feminists who do not talk about her in the same breath as the other transformational feminists, who changed Indian society in those centuries.
- youeseh 8y agoFor many thought leaders rocking the boat has yielded consequences much worse than being overlooked by history.
- kjjjzzzz7zg 8y ago"the most controversial Indian woman of her times" Doesn't sound as if she was "overlooked" at all.
- pm90 8y agoConversion to Christianity, or any other religion, is an assured way to get scorned in the [mostly Hindu] Indian social and political classes. Despite having enormous majority, the country has been scarred by centuries of Muslim invasions and then a British (Christian) colonial power, so its easy to see where this anxiety against conversion comes from. IMO it doesn't make sense, but it is a very emotional topic for many Indians.
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