Kamla Bhasin, an early leader of the women’s movement in India, died in New Delhi on Sept. 25 at the age of 75. Bhasin played an integral role in the second wave of feminism and was a prominent voice in the women’s movement in India and other South Asian countries from the 1970s to the present. Her impact will live on for years in the songs, poems, art and music of the thousands of people that she inspired across South Asia.
Author: Shoba Sharad Rajgopal
Dr. Shoba Sharad Rajgopal is the chair of the Department of Ethnic and Gender Studies at Westfield State University in Massachusetts, where she teaches courses on gender, race and sexuality. Her doctorate is in media studies from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Dr. Rajgopal worked for seven years as a news correspondent for the Indian TV networks based in Bombay (Mumbai), India, and has also done in-depth news reports for CNN International on the struggles of women and minorities in the postcolonial nation-state. Her current academic research focuses on movements of resistance among marginalized groups in South Asia and the diaspora.
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