D.D. Kosambi’s Appeal for Peace—Translated by Suchintan Das

Peace (Woodcut) by Haren Das (1950) Better remembered as a polymath and historian, D.D. Kosambi was also a globetrotting peace-activist in the 1950s and contributed to the world peace movement both within India and internationally as a first-rate organizer. This pamphlet was printed at Nagar Press Works, Indore and was published and distributed by Anant … Continue reading D.D. Kosambi’s Appeal for Peace—Translated by Suchintan Das →

Mahadevi Verma’s ‘War and Woman’—Translated by Avishi Gupta

Mahadevi Verma (1907-1987) Image courtesy: Pinterest [Translator’s note: This essay was first published in 1933, and later included in Verma’s 1941 volume called Shrinkhala ki Kadiyan (Links in the Chain). War and Woman is perhaps one of the earliest extant texts in the intellectual tradition which later came to be termed as ecofeminism. Ecofeminism, if … Continue reading Mahadevi Verma’s ‘War and Woman’—Translated by Avishi Gupta →