About
Feminist pioneer of India who was the director of the Centre for Women's Development Studies in Delhi.
Before Fame
She was on the Ashutosh College Girls Students Union at Asutosh College, the University of Calcutta.
Trivia
She was Secretary of the first Committee on the Status of Women in India, whose report, Towards Equality, highlighted the poverty of women in India.
Family Life
She married musician Shankar Mazumdar in 1952.
Associated With
She and author Marina Warner are both feminists who attended Oxford University.
