Maya Jayapal Explained

Birth Place:Palakkad, Kerala, British Raj
Nationality:Indian
Alma Mater:Mount Carmel College, Bangalore

Maya Jayapal (born 1941) is an Indian historian, author, columnist, teacher, and counselor.

Early life and education

Jayapal is from Palakkad, Kerala, India.[1] She moved from Chennai to Bengaluru to attend college in 1955,[2] [3] and graduated from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore.[4] [1] After her marriage to MP Jayapal,[5] she resided in Bengaluru for a decade before moving to Jakarta, Indonesia, for 11 years and then Singapore for 13 years.[6] [7] Since 1993, Jayapal has lived in Bengaluru.

Career

Jayapal is the author of several books, including Bangalore: Roots and Beyond and Bangalore: The Story of A City.[2] [8] Bangalore: The Story of A City was released in 1997[9] [10] during the commemoration of the 460th anniversary of the city,[11] and includes her research about the Victoria Hotel[12] and the BRV theatre.[13] The book was one of the first histories of Bengaluru that specifically connected to its present, while Bangalore: Roots and Beyond contains additional research and photographs.[14] While residing in Singapore, Jayapal expanded presentations she gave on the history of Singapore into a book,[15] Old Singapore, based on collections of letters and memoirs.[16] [17] [18] [19]

Jayapal has cited Jane Austen, Amitav Ghosh, and Yaa Gyasi as influences.[15]

Personal life

Her daughter, Pramila Jayapal, is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and the first Indian-American woman elected to the House.[20] [21] Her elder daughter Susheela Jayapal resides in Portland, Oregon, and is the first Indian-American to serve on the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners.[22]

Jayapal lives in Langford Town in Bangalore.[23]

Works

Notes and References

  1. News: We are proud of her victory, say Pramila Jayapal's parents . 5 February 2022 . . 10 November 2016.
  2. News: Datta . Sravasti . The real Bangalore . 5 February 2022 . . 2 July 2014.
  3. News: Bring bygone B'lore into classrooms . 24 April 2022 . . 12 November 2013.
  4. News: Author Maya Jayapal feels a graciousness about Bengaluru that is not found elsewhere. Divya. Shekhar. 25 November 2016. The Economic Times.
  5. News: Joseph . George . The making of the first Indian-American woman in US House of Representatives . 5 February 2022 . . 11 November 2016.
  6. News: Pramila Jayapal has a close city-connect . 5 February 2022 . . 2 December 2016.
  7. News: Murali . Janaki . Indian American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal's parents: 'She's interested in social justice' . 5 February 2022 . . 19 November 2016.
  8. News: 'Bangalore's history is missing from texts' . 5 February 2022 . . 25 April 2014.
  9. Book: Nagendra, Harini. Nature in the City: Bengaluru in the Past, Present, and Future. 7 July 2016. Oxford University Press. 9780199089680. Google Books.
  10. Web site: Indian Review of Books. 16 May 1998. Acme Books Pvt. Limited. Google Books.
  11. News: Moona . Suresh . Bangalore in books . 5 February 2022 . . 28 February 2019.
  12. News: Deshpande . Sanjana . Victoria Hotel: Remembering Bengaluru's forgotten heritage . 5 February 2022 . . 9 March 2021.
  13. News: Shekhar . Divya . 103-year-old building now Army canteen was earlier a ballroom and later BRV talkies . 5 February 2022 . . 22 October 2015.
  14. News: Varma . Nikhil . Cultivating a creative bond . . 11 January 2018. ProQuest.
  15. News: Chhakchhuak . Ramzauva . 'Wish this was kinder, gentler city... like 25 yrs ago' . 5 February 2022 . . 15 January 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190907182410/http://www.newindianexpress.com:80/cities/bengaluru/2018/jan/14/wish-this-was-kinder-gentler-city-like-25-yrs-ago-1753867.html . 7 September 2019.
  16. Duncanson . Dennis . Old Singapore. By Maya Jayapal. (Images of Asia.) pp. 86, 16 col. pl., 26 bl. & wh. illus., map (on end papers). Singapore etc., Oxford University Press, 1992. £8.95 - Historical dictionary of Singapore. By K. Mulliner & Lian The-Mulliner. (Asian Historical Dictionaries No. 7.) pp. xxxii, 251, 4 maps. Metuchen, NJ and London, Scarecrow Press, 1991. US $32.50. . . July 1993 . 3 . 2 . 302–303 . 10.1017/S1356186300004661 . 5 February 2022.
  17. Cangi . Ellen C. . Civilizing the people of Southeast Asia: Sir Stamford Raffles' town plan for Singapore, 1819–23 . . 1993 . 8 . 2 . 166–187 . 10.1080/02665439308725769 . A brief, wellwritten overview of Singapore's history is Maya Jayapal, Old Singapore. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1992..
  18. Book: Lim, Richard. The Rough Guide to Singapore. 1 May 2013. Rough Guides UK. 9781409330073. Google Books.
  19. Book: Atiyah, Jeremy. Southeast Asia. 16 May 2002. Rough Guides. 9781858288932. Google Books.
  20. News: 8 November 2021 . പ്രമീളയുടെ അമ്മയെ ഫോണിൽ വിളിച്ച് ബൈഡൻ 'സർപ്രൈസ്' . Malayalam . . 24 April 2022.
  21. News: Sharma . Swati . A woman of substance . 5 February 2022 . . 11 December 2016.
  22. News: Sparling . Zane . Susheela Jayapal: New politico settles in on county board . 5 February 2022 . . 26 February 2019.
  23. Web site: US elections: Celebrations at Indian-American Pramila Jayapal's home in Bengaluru. 6 November 2020. Deccan Herald.

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