[Reader-list] NMML Public Lecture on 'Film: 'A Quiet Little Entry' and Discussion' by Dr. Uma Chakravarty, 16 Jan 2012

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The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library
cordially invites you to a Public Lecture
 
at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, 16 January 2012
in the Seminar Room, First Floor, Library Building
 
on
 
'Film: 'A Quiet Little Entry' and Discussion'
 
by
 
Dr.Uma Chakravarty, Eminent Historian and Author, Formerly at Deptt. of History, Miranda House,University of Delhi
 
Abstract:
 
'A Quiet Little Entry' (44minutes) is about an 'unknown' woman called Subbalakshmi who livedout her life on the fringes of history on the salt pans of the Cholamandalamcoast. For a brief period in her life she was associated with theChattopadhyayas--Mrinalini, Harindranath, and his wife Kamaladevi, withwhom she was specially close. A quirk of fate in early childhood had given herthe written word which became her window into the wider world whensocial and domestic imperatives cut off her participation in the nationalmovement. Subbalakshmi continued to mark her resistance in small waysand left behind fragments of paper as her archive. The film exploresquestions of how we may think about individual lives and dramatichistorical events, the small personal archive, and women's search forfreedom. 
 
Speaker:
 
Dr. Uma Chakravarti is a feministhistorian who taught at Miranda House, Delhi University for almost fourdecades. She has written on early Indian history, on the 19th century and oncontemporary issues specially on caste and gender. A Quiet Little Entry is herfirst film.
 
 
 
All are welcome.