Prem Chowdhry Explained

Prem Chowdhry
Birth Date:1944[1]
Birth Place:India
Nationality:Indian
Occupation:Academic, activist, artist

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]

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

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

Chowdhry is a self-taught artist[24] [25] whose painting are held by the National Gallery, India 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

Books

Papers

Personal life

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/169233307/ Central Administrative Tribunal – Delhi
  2. Different Types of HistoryPart 4 of History of science, philosophy and culture in Indian civilization. Ray, Bharati. Pearson Education India, 2009.,
  3. http://www.sagepub.com/authorDetails.nav?contribId=645165 Sage Publishing: Prem Chowdhry Affiliations
  4. Book: Anagol, Padma. The Emergence of Feminism in India, 1850–1920. Padma Anagol . Ashgate Publishing Company. 2005. 9780754634119.
  5. http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?266072 'Khaps Have To Reform', Sheela Reddy, Outlook India, July 2010
  6. News: Geetha . V. . Power, violence and Dalit women . 10 July 2021 . . June 11, 2012 . 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. http://global.oup.com/academic/product/political-economy-of-production-and-reproduction-9780198067702;jsessionid=76B4088195F4A55D75A4C5E8FB25BE5A?cc=gb&lang=en& Oxford University Press
  8. India Court of Women on Dowry and Related Forms of Violence against Women, 2009 http://christuniversity.in/uploadimages/WomensCourt.pdf
  9. Web site: Centre for Women's Development Studies . 2013-06-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130826070111/http://cwds.org/aboutus.htm . 26 August 2013 . dmy-all . CWDS About Us
  10. Law and Social Science Research Network, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library 2008 http://lassnet.blogspot.co.uk/2008/09/prem-chowdhry-brief-biographical-note.html
  11. http://www.jnu.ac.in/aaj/AlumniMember.asp?searchStr=P JNU Alumni Association
  12. News: Ramesh . Randeep . Foetuses aborted and dumped secretly as India shuns baby girls . 10 July 2021 . . July 28, 2007.
  13. News: Burke . Jason . Triple murder in India highlights increase in 'honour killings' . 10 July 2021 . The Guardian . June 25, 2010.
  14. News: George . Nirmala . Divorce or die -- old rules clash with new India . 10 July 2021 . Boston.com . . July 12, 2010.
  15. Singh . Madhur . Why Are Hindu Honor Killings Rising in India? . 10 July 2021 . . May 25, 2010.
  16. News: Denyer . Simon . Indian village proud after double "honor killing" . 10 July 2021 . . May 15, 2008.
  17. News: Gursoy . Rabia . Jalali . Falah . Black and white selfies on social media bring awareness to violence against women . 10 July 2021 . . August 24, 2020.
  18. News: McCarthy . Julie . Outside The Big City, A Harrowing Sexual Assault In Rural India . 10 July 2021 . . February 8, 2013.
  19. News: Rathi . Nandini . 1930s imperial propaganda: How star-studded western films justified British colonialism . 10 July 2021 . . August 11, 2017.
  20. News: As property prices rise, more Indian women claim inheritance . 10 July 2021 . Mint . . March 13, 2019.
  21. News: RESPONSES TO INFORMATION REQUESTS (RIRs) . 10 July 2021 . www.justice.gov . Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada . January 9, 2006.
  22. News: Chowdhry . Prem . Violence around inter-caste marriages . 10 July 2021 . . July 19, 2019.
  23. News: Chowdhry . Prem . Invest in education for girls to reduce poverty . 10 July 2021 . . February 11, 2020.
  24. Chowdhry . Prem (artist) . 2008 . Scarlet Woman . Painting: oil on canvas, for use on front cover of academic journal Signs, autumn 2010 . 21 February 2015 . .
  25. Chowdhry . Prem . Illustration . . 36 . 1 . Front cover. 10.1086/651184 . Autumn 2010 . 10.1086/651184 .
  26. News: Salwat. Ali. The Art of Dialogue. . 1 February 2008 . Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  27. News: Jayetilleke . Rohan . Prem Chowdry explores life . 10 July 2021 . Daily News . June 2, 2004.
  28. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110327/spectrum/book6.htm Reformist revisited
  29. https://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/socialscientist/text.html?objectid=HN681.S597_244-46_114.gif

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