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Prem Chowdhry

Prem Chowdhry is an Indian social scientist, historian,[2] and Senior Academic Fellow at the Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi.[3] She is a feminist[4] and critic of violence against couples refusing arranged marriages.[5]

Prem Chowdhry
Born1944[1]
India
OccupationAcademic, activist, artist
NationalityIndian

She is a well-known scholar of gender studies, authority on the political economy and social history of Haryana state in India.[6][7]

Career edit

Chowdhry is a Life Member of the Center for Women Studies.[8][9] She has also worked at the Indian Council of Social Science Research supported Centre for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi; an advanced studies unit of Nehru Memorial Museum & Library.[10]

Chowdhry is an alumna of Jawaharlal Nehru University,[11] and professorial fellow of the University Grants Commission.

She has provided expert commentary to news media, including to The Guardian about the impact of prejudice against having a daughter in India;[12] to The Guardian,[13] Associated Press,[14] TIME,[15] and Reuters[16] about "honour killings"; to The Statesman about the Haryana social structure;[17] to NPR about the Haryana social structure and how it relates to the rape of Dalit women;[18] to The Indian Express about the political history of Indian cinema;[19] and to Reuters about inheritance rights for women in India.[20] Her 2004 Modern Asian Studies article "Private Lives, State Intervention: Cases of Runaway Marriage in Rural North India" was cited by the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada in 2006.[21]

She has also written commentary in The Tribune, including about violence related to inter-caste marriages,[22] and advocacy for an investment in the education of girls to reduce poverty.[23]

Art career edit

Chowdhry is a self-taught artist[24][25] whose painting are held by the National Gallery, India[citation needed] and the Lalit Kala Akademi, India's National Academy of Fine Arts. She started exhibiting in 1970 and her paintings often reflect on the status of women in India.[26][27]

Works edit

Books edit

  • Chowdhry, Prem (1984). Punjab politics: the role of Sir Chhotu Ram. Vikas/University of Michigan. p. 364. ISBN 978-0706924732.
  • Chowdhry, Prem (1994). The Veiled Women: Shifting Gender Equations In Rural Haryana. Oxford University Press India. ISBN 978-0195670387.
  • Chowdhry, Prem (2000). Colonial India and the Making of Empire Cinema: Image, Ideology and Identity. Manchester University Press. p. 294. ISBN 978-0719057922.
  • Chowdhry, Prem (July 2009). Contentious Marriages, Eloping Couples: Gender, Caste, and Patriarchy in Northern India. Oxford University Press. p. 360. ISBN 978-0198063612.
  • Chowdhry, Prem (2010). Gender Discrimination in Land Ownership. Sage Publications. p. 314. ISBN 978-8178299426.
  • Chowdhry, Prem (2011). Political Economy of Production and Reproduction. Oxford University Press. p. 464. ISBN 9780198067702.
  • Chowdhry, Prem (2011). Understanding Politics And Society – Hardwari Lal. Manak publications. p. 423. ISBN 978-8178312279.

Papers edit

Personal life edit

She is the daughter of Hardwari Lal,[28] the educationist and Indian National Congress member of parliament for Haryana.[29]

References edit

  1. ^ Central Administrative Tribunal – Delhi
  2. ^ Different Types of History Part 4 of History of science, philosophy and culture in Indian civilization. Ray, Bharati. Pearson Education India, 2009. ISBN 8131718182,
  3. ^ Sage Publishing: Prem Chowdhry Affiliations
  4. ^ Anagol, Padma (2005). The Emergence of Feminism in India, 1850–1920. Ashgate Publishing Company. ISBN 9780754634119.
  5. ^ 'Khaps Have To Reform', Sheela Reddy, Outlook India, July 2010
  6. ^ Geetha, V. (11 June 2012). "Power, violence and Dalit women". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 July 2021. her study would have been richer had she placed it in the context of feminist scholarship — one thinks of Prem Chowdhry's fantastic work on changing gender relations in Haryana, for instance, and how she works with notions of caste, gender, labour and economic change.
  7. ^ Oxford University Press
  8. ^ India Court of Women on Dowry and Related Forms of Violence against Women, 2009 [1]
  9. ^ "Centre for Women's Development Studies". Archived from the original on 26 August 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.CWDS About Us Archived 5 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Law and Social Science Research Network, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library 2008 [2]
  11. ^ JNU Alumni Association Archived 3 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ Ramesh, Randeep (28 July 2007). "Foetuses aborted and dumped secretly as India shuns baby girls". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  13. ^ Burke, Jason (25 June 2010). "Triple murder in India highlights increase in 'honour killings'". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  14. ^ George, Nirmala (12 July 2010). "Divorce or die -- old rules clash with new India". Boston.com. Associated Press. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  15. ^ Singh, Madhur (25 May 2010). "Why Are Hindu Honor Killings Rising in India?". TIME. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  16. ^ Denyer, Simon (15 May 2008). "Indian village proud after double "honor killing"". Reuters. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  17. ^ Gursoy, Rabia; Jalali, Falah (24 August 2020). "Black and white selfies on social media bring awareness to violence against women". The Statesman. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  18. ^ McCarthy, Julie (8 February 2013). "Outside The Big City, A Harrowing Sexual Assault In Rural India". NPR. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  19. ^ Rathi, Nandini (11 August 2017). "1930s imperial propaganda: How star-studded western films justified British colonialism". The Indian Express. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  20. ^ "As property prices rise, more Indian women claim inheritance". Mint. Reuters. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  21. ^ "RESPONSES TO INFORMATION REQUESTS (RIRs)" (PDF). www.justice.gov. Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. 9 January 2006. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  22. ^ Chowdhry, Prem (19 July 2019). "Violence around inter-caste marriages". The Tribune. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  23. ^ Chowdhry, Prem (11 February 2020). "Invest in education for girls to reduce poverty". The Tribune. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  24. ^ Chowdhry, Prem (artist) (2008). Scarlet Woman (Painting: oil on canvas, for use on front cover of academic journal Signs, autumn 2010). Chicago Journals. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  25. ^ Chowdhry, Prem (Autumn 2010). "Illustration". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 36 (1): Front cover. doi:10.1086/651184. JSTOR 10.1086/651184.
  26. ^ Salwat, Ali (1 February 2008). "The Art of Dialogue". Newsline Magazine. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  27. ^ Jayetilleke, Rohan (2 June 2004). "Prem Chowdry explores life". Daily News. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  28. ^ Reformist revisited, Humra Quraishi, The Tribune India. 27 March 2011
  29. ^ [3] Social Scientist. v 21, no. 244-46 (Sept–Nov 1993) p. 112

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