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4. | Ramaswamy, R; Kolhatkar, M; Mukherji, A (Ed.) A Fragmented Feminism: The Life and Letters of Anandibai Joshee by Meera Kosambi Book First Edition, Routledge, UK, 2019, ISBN: 9780429266386 . Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Anandibai, Book, Kosambi @book{KosambiLetters2019, title = {A Fragmented Feminism: The Life and Letters of Anandibai Joshee by Meera Kosambi}, editor = { R Ramaswamy and M Kolhatkar and A Mukherji}, url = {https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429266386}, doi = {10.4324/9780429266386}, isbn = {9780429266386 }, year = {2019}, date = {2019-08-30}, publisher = {Routledge, UK}, edition = {First Edition}, abstract = {“This book is a search for ‘the real Anandibai Joshee’ —— a search in which the readers are invited to participate.” In her short and eventful life, Anandibai Joshee, the first Indian woman to earn a medical degree, broke many stereotypes. Literate at a time when it was taboo for a girl to attend school or even ‘pick up a paper’, she was courageous, articulate, and assertive. And ambitious. Fuelled by a desire to improve the healthcare that was available to Indian women at that time, she travelled across the seas to the United States to study medicine. Meera Kosambi’s biography of Anandibai is more than just a retelling of the life of a woman who was ahead of her times. Drawing on a host of narratives, Kosambi recovers Anandibai’s many voices that have been submerged in history — that of a conflicted feminist, a nationalist, and a reformer among others — and her engagement with the world at large. This volume is a testament to Meera Kosambi’s commitment to social history. When she passed away in 2015, she left an incomplete manuscript that has painstakingly been put together by the editors. Drawing on archival research, including a host of Anandibai’s letters, her poems in Marathi, newspaper reports and rare photographs, this book will be of immense interest to scholars and researchers of modern Indian history, sociology, gender, and South Asian studies.}, keywords = {Anandibai, Book, Kosambi}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {book} } "This book is a search for ‘the real Anandibai Joshee’ —— a search in which the readers are invited to participate." In her short and eventful life, Anandibai Joshee, the first Indian woman to earn a medical degree, broke many stereotypes. Literate at a time when it was taboo for a girl to attend school or even ‘pick up a paper’, she was courageous, articulate, and assertive. And ambitious. Fuelled by a desire to improve the healthcare that was available to Indian women at that time, she travelled across the seas to the United States to study medicine. Meera Kosambi’s biography of Anandibai is more than just a retelling of the life of a woman who was ahead of her times. Drawing on a host of narratives, Kosambi recovers Anandibai’s many voices that have been submerged in history — that of a conflicted feminist, a nationalist, and a reformer among others — and her engagement with the world at large. This volume is a testament to Meera Kosambi’s commitment to social history. When she passed away in 2015, she left an incomplete manuscript that has painstakingly been put together by the editors. Drawing on archival research, including a host of Anandibai’s letters, her poems in Marathi, newspaper reports and rare photographs, this book will be of immense interest to scholars and researchers of modern Indian history, sociology, gender, and South Asian studies. |
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3. | Ramaswamy, Ram (Ed.) Adventures Into the Unknown: Essays Book First Edition, Three Essays Collective, Gurugram, India, 2016, ISBN: 978-93-83968-11-4. Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Book, Kosambi @book{KosambiEssays2016, title = {Adventures Into the Unknown: Essays}, editor = {Ram Ramaswamy}, url = {https://threeessays.com/books/adventures-into-the-unknown/}, isbn = {978-93-83968-11-4}, year = {2016}, date = {2016-06-01}, publisher = {Three Essays Collective}, address = {Gurugram, India}, edition = {First Edition}, abstract = {As the essays in this collection testify, even half a century after his death in 1966, D D Kosambi continues to be provocative, instructive, and contemporary. Many of the arguments that he makes in his two didactic and hitherto unpublished essays are insightful and incisive, and display, in a new setting, the range of his scholarship and the breadth of his interests. The other essays that are included here are his passionate advocacy of solar energy, and his posthumously published autobiographical essay that outlines his credo, and that lends its title to the book.}, keywords = {Book, Kosambi}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {book} } As the essays in this collection testify, even half a century after his death in 1966, D D Kosambi continues to be provocative, instructive, and contemporary. Many of the arguments that he makes in his two didactic and hitherto unpublished essays are insightful and incisive, and display, in a new setting, the range of his scholarship and the breadth of his interests. The other essays that are included here are his passionate advocacy of solar energy, and his posthumously published autobiographical essay that outlines his credo, and that lends its title to the book. |
2. | Ramaswamy, Ramakrishna (Ed.) D.D. Kosambi: Selected Works in Mathematics and Statistics Book First Edition, Springer India, 2016, ISBN: 978-81-322-3676-4. Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Book, Kosambi @book{KosambiMaths2016, title = {D.D. Kosambi: Selected Works in Mathematics and Statistics}, editor = {Ramaswamy, Ramakrishna}, url = {https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9788132236740 }, doi = {10.1007/978-81-322-3676-4}, isbn = {978-81-322-3676-4}, year = {2016}, date = {2016-01-01}, publisher = {Springer India}, edition = {First Edition}, abstract = {This book fills an important gap in studies on D. D. Kosambi. For the first time, the mathematical work of Kosambi is described, collected and presented in a manner that is accessible to non-mathematicians as well. A number of his papers that are difficult to obtain in these areas are made available here. In addition, there are essays by Kosambi that have not been published earlier as well as some of his lesser known works. Each of the twenty four papers is prefaced by a commentary on the significance of the work, and where possible, extracts from technical reviews by other mathematicians.}, keywords = {Book, Kosambi}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {book} } This book fills an important gap in studies on D. D. Kosambi. For the first time, the mathematical work of Kosambi is described, collected and presented in a manner that is accessible to non-mathematicians as well. A number of his papers that are difficult to obtain in these areas are made available here. In addition, there are essays by Kosambi that have not been published earlier as well as some of his lesser known works. Each of the twenty four papers is prefaced by a commentary on the significance of the work, and where possible, extracts from technical reviews by other mathematicians. |
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1. | Ramaswamy, Ramakrishna Integrating mathematics and history : The scholarship of D D Kosambi Journal Article Economic & Political Weekly , xlvii (3), pp. 58–62, 2012. Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Kosambi, Mathematics and History @article{Ramaswamy2012, title = {Integrating mathematics and history : The scholarship of D D Kosambi}, author = {Ramakrishna Ramaswamy}, url = {https://ramramaswamy.org/papers/OA13.pdf}, year = {2012}, date = {2012-01-01}, journal = {Economic & Political Weekly }, volume = {xlvii}, number = {3}, pages = {58–62}, abstract = {Today, D D Kosambi’s significance as a historian greatly overshadows his reputation and contributions in mathematics. Kosambi simultaneously worked in both areas for much of his adult life, and to understand the body of his work either in the social sciences or in mathematics, an appreciation of the complementarity of his interests is essential. An understanding of Kosambi the historian can only be enhanced by an appreciation of Kosambi the mathematician. In a fundamental way, Kosambi embodied the multidisciplinary approach, channelling diverse interests – indeed combining them – to create scholarship of high order.}, keywords = {Kosambi, Mathematics and History}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } Today, D D Kosambi’s significance as a historian greatly overshadows his reputation and contributions in mathematics. Kosambi simultaneously worked in both areas for much of his adult life, and to understand the body of his work either in the social sciences or in mathematics, an appreciation of the complementarity of his interests is essential. An understanding of Kosambi the historian can only be enhanced by an appreciation of Kosambi the mathematician. In a fundamental way, Kosambi embodied the multidisciplinary approach, channelling diverse interests – indeed combining them – to create scholarship of high order. |