A student shared an old photo of the students and faculty of the History Department at University of Hyderabad. This must be some where in 1984 or1985. I can see Aloka, Sudhir, Kameshwari sitting with a number of students and TRSharma and myself standing. Our attender Kistayya who was famous for spending all his time under a tree which was named the Bodhisattva tree by all of us is also there.
A student had sent this photo, taken some where in 1984,when photographs were not so common like today and none had a mobile phone. Some of these students are in different colleges and I meet them sometimes in Refresher courses. Some thing which strikes me is that all the girls then wore saree to the class, and in the University, some thing which I no longer see now. As I look back, I see thirty five years of the University life passing by with so many students one met down the line, few who touched our lives and the other few whose lives, we touched, perhaps......
On 13th April, 2016, attended the Board of Studies meeting at the History Department Central University of Karnataka, Gulburga. With Prof Shadakshariah, Nazrul Bari and Sumanth an old student of ours doing Ph. D here.
On 11th April, 2016, I got a copy of my new book in my hands. I am very happy to share my New Book, Pande, Rekha ( Ed), 2016, Women's Studies Narrative: Travails and Triumphs, Pub. The Women Press, New Delhi. Thanks a lot to all my friends in the Women's studies Movement , Gillian Youngs ( U.K.) , Nazmunnessa Mahtab ( Bangladesh), Jayshree ( Kerala), Govind Kelkar ( U.S . office, Philippines ), Annpurna Nautiyala( Srinagar), Kifayat Aghayeva ( Azerbaijan), Leila Bijois( Brazil), Olugu( Canada/Africa), Kamala Marius( France), Susan Laird( USA), Moly( Kerala), Maxine Ankarah( Uganda), Ratna Kumari( Andhra), Sumita( Allahabad) for sharing their experiences and contributing to this book . I share my experience in Telangana. Speaking from their specific subjective and regional context, they all have added a valuable new dimension to our understanding of the Women's Movement and the establishment of Women's Studies across the world and in different parts of our country. I hope a copy of the book reaches all my friends soon and we are all able to share our excitement.
Very Happy to see my fourth student giving her Ph. D pre submission seminar on 7th April, 2016. Sarmishta now I will have to see who amongst the four of you submits first.
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It was lovely meeting with the students at Kochi. Wonderful students and had a lovely time interacting with them. I only hope many of them will come forward to do research in Women's Studies.
Meera Bai has a lovely house in Kerala style of architecture. Visited her place. In the evening went around the temples in Kochi and Ernakulam.
