Written by Dipti Nagpaul |Updated: November 13, 2019 8:41:13 am
An exhibition presented by The Citizens’ Archive of India shares personal memories of India’s ‘first citizens’
Burman isn’t a celebrated figure in Indian history but her story is inspiring nevertheless. It is tales like hers that CAI intended to share when it launched in 2016.
They never went seeking the extraordinary but as the team of The Citizens’ Archive of India (CAI) started to chronicle the stories of India’s ‘first citizens’, they realised that every ordinary story had an extraordinary element. For example, the story of Raviprabha Burman’s education is also one of a strong-willed progressive woman. As the CAI website states, Burman, 92, grew up in Mathura during the British rule. It was a time when women’s education was not only uncommon but also unpopular among locals. However, against all odds and the wishes of her father, Burman’s uneducated mother sent her to school. This battle on Burman’s behalf was later fought by her uneducated husband’s mother, who made sure that her daughter-in-law completed her masters.
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