A chance meeting, political upheaval, finding one’s community, falling in love: each of these has a profound impact on the course of one’s life. In this final episode of our miniseries, we hear from four of India’s most prominent social leaders about some of the early influences that shaped their careers.
This is a mini-series from Grassroots Nation that presents some of the key themes that have arisen in our conversations with some of India’s greatest social leaders. Each episode will explore a set of ideas: from watershed moments in India’s history that have left lasting impressions, to reflections on how their personal philosophies took shape and how they see their work contributing to the larger efforts of nation building.
This is the final episode in our miniseries, where we present important themes that have arisen in the conversations with the guests of Grassroots Nation. These episodes showcase what shaped their thinking, their relationships, and how small acts form the basis of collective action.
Featuring Maya Daruwalla, Aruna Roy, Bunker Roy, Ravi Chopra and Devaki Jain.
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A chance meeting, political upheaval, finding one’s community, falling in love: each of these has a profound impact on the course of one’s life. In this final episode of our miniseries, we hear from four of India’s most prominent social leaders about some of the early influences that shaped their careers.
This is a mini-series from Grassroots Nation that presents some of the key themes that have arisen in our conversations with some of India’s greatest social leaders. Each episode will explore a set of ideas: from watershed moments in India’s history that have left lasting impressions, to reflections on how their personal philosophies took shape and how they see their work contributing to the larger efforts of nation building.
This is the final episode in our miniseries, where we present important themes that have arisen in the conversations with the guests of Grassroots Nation. These episodes showcase what shaped their thinking, their relationships, and how small acts form the basis of collective action.
Featuring Maya Daruwalla, Aruna Roy, Bunker Roy, Ravi Chopra and Devaki Jain.
Grassroots Nation is a podcast from Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies. For more information go to www.rohininilekaniphilanthropies.org or join the conversation on social media @RNP_foundation.
Devaki Jain says that when you count women’s work you make them visible
Grassroots Nation
1 hour 21 minutes 16 seconds
1 year ago
Devaki Jain says that when you count women’s work you make them visible
Devaki Jain is one of India’s best known feminist economists, with a long career working closely with institutions to first recognise and then mainstream women’s issues.
Born in 1933 in the erstwhile princely state of Mysore where her father was a minister, Devaki has degrees from the University of Mysore and the University of Oxford and taught economics at Delhi University.
In this episode of Grassroots Nation, Devaki speaks of how walking with Vinoba Bhave influenced her early work, her lifelong friendships with Gloria Steinehm and Iris Murdoch and her marriage of over forty years to the Gandhian economist Lakshmi Chand Jain, a relationship she greatly credits her long life and career to.
Across her career Devaki has held a range of positions in the United Nations. She founded the Institute of Social Studies Trust in Delhi, was associated with the Centre for Women's Development Studies (CWDS), DAWN, or the Development Alternatives for Women for a New era and the Central Social Welfare Board, or CSWB to name a few.
One of Devaki’s early realizations was the importance of systematically counting the contributions of women because their work was seldom recognised. Throughout her career as a feminist economist, Devaki has consistently tried to influence and talk about the circumstances of Southern women and women in developing country contexts to raise their status and to value their economic contributions. Her work has inspired generations of women’s rights academics, workers and activists.
Devaki has authored a number of books including a perceptive and comprehensive book on Indian women for the first UN conference on women in 1975, The Journey of a Southern Feminist, and her memoir, The Brass Notebook. At 90, she plans to write the definitive book on feminism.
The Padma Bhushan awardee is in conversation with Navsharan Singh, a friend and Delhi-based researcher and human rights activist. This conversation was recorded at Devaki Jain’s office in New Delhi.
For more information, go to www.rohininilekaniphilanthropies.org
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Women in (Recognized) Work | Feminist Economics Part 2 by New Economic Thinking CC BY 3.0
Inspirational and Omnipotent Leader of Bhoodan Movement- Acharya Vinoba Bhabe by Argus News CC BY 3.0
Grassroots Nation
A chance meeting, political upheaval, finding one’s community, falling in love: each of these has a profound impact on the course of one’s life. In this final episode of our miniseries, we hear from four of India’s most prominent social leaders about some of the early influences that shaped their careers.
This is a mini-series from Grassroots Nation that presents some of the key themes that have arisen in our conversations with some of India’s greatest social leaders. Each episode will explore a set of ideas: from watershed moments in India’s history that have left lasting impressions, to reflections on how their personal philosophies took shape and how they see their work contributing to the larger efforts of nation building.
This is the final episode in our miniseries, where we present important themes that have arisen in the conversations with the guests of Grassroots Nation. These episodes showcase what shaped their thinking, their relationships, and how small acts form the basis of collective action.
Featuring Maya Daruwalla, Aruna Roy, Bunker Roy, Ravi Chopra and Devaki Jain.
Grassroots Nation is a podcast from Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies. For more information go to www.rohininilekaniphilanthropies.org or join the conversation on social media @RNP_foundation.
