We are delighted to host Urmilla Deshpande and Thiago Pinto Barbosa to discuss the book IRU-THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF IRAWATI KARVE. Anthropologist Usha Rao will be joining them on the panel.
The details of the event are as follows -
DAY - SATURDAY
DATE - 22 FEBRUARY
TIME - 6 PM
Since there is limited seating, we recommend you book your spot here.
About the book
The book is a biography of Irawati Karve, the first female anthropologist in India. Her pathbreaking research into the Adivasis in Maharashtra, Assam, Kerala, Odisha and Bihar resulted in two seminal works, Kinship Organisation in India and Hindu Society. Her book on the Mahabharata, Yuganta, is a best-selling classic. This is a deeply researched biography, full of hitherto unknown details of Karve’s personal and professional life. Immensely readable, this is a compelling and valuable book for scholars, students and general readers.
About the Speakers
Urmilla Deshpande writes novels and short fiction. Her published work includes A PACK OF LIES, SLITHER- CARNAL PROSE and BODY AND BLOOD- STORIES ON BREAKING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
Thiago Pinto Barbosa is a Brazilian anthropologist based in Leipzig and Berlin. Thiago’s doctoral dissertation, published as Racializing Caste: Anthropology between Germany and India and the Legacy of Irawati Karve (1905-1970) has received multiple awards.
Usha Rao is an anthropologist and media maker. Over a decade she has been trying to make sense of what makes a city and what it means to people who inhabit it. Her first film Our Metropolis (2014) co-directed by Gautam Sonti, is about the transformation of Bangalore and its aftermath. Usha continues to study the footprint of the metro on neighborhoods. She likes to bring together text, sound and images in her work.