Pandita Ramabai

Challenging Coupledom and Creating a New Family

On Pandita Ramabai’s 164th birthday, we bring you a rare glimpse into her life as an image maker and archivist. During the 19th century widow reformation movement, Pandita Ramabai set up Mukti Mission. Here, she created photographs that only archive a precious moment in feminist history, but also challenge the ongoing conjugality project that offer up alternatives to coupledom and the traditional family set-up.

Black Box Ep 2: Pandita Ramabai

In this episode, Rizwana Fatima performs the story of Pandita Ramabai, who in her lifetime, saw waves of famine and the bubonic plague. This story encapsulates her life experiences during the calamity, where she witnessed tragedy in her family and yet, saved many lives through her relief work and writings.

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