Kamla Mankekar (1928–2018)[1] was an Indian journalist, author, and social activist. She is best known as one of the early female journalists in the independent India.[2][3][4]
Kamla Mankekar | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1928 Lahore |
| Died | 2018 |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Notable works | Decline and Fall of Indira Gandhi, Breaking News |
| Partner | D.R. Mankekar |
Life and career
editKamla Mankekar was born in Lahore, British India (currently in Pakistan), the daughter of Lilavati and Harbans Lal.[5] Her family fled West Punjab for India as refugees during Partition.[4]
In Delhi, she studied at the refugee camp college, and took evening postgraduate classes in journalism.[4]
Mankekar started her career as writer, columnist, and sub-editor for the Indian News Chronicle,[4][6] In 1950, she started working for The Times of India, where she was a writer, sub-editor, and film critic.[4][7] She later worked at The Indian Express for five years.[7] She eventually went on to work as a freelance journalist.[7]
In 1958, she married D.R. Mankekar, author and former editor of both The Indian Express and The Times of India.[4][7][8] They would go on to co-author the book Decline and Fall of Indira Gandhi.[7][9]
An active member of civil society, she helped found the Consumer Guidance Society in Bombay, and was a long-time member of the All India Women's Conference.[7][1] She was also the first chairperson of the Delhi State Commission for Women,[2][7] a member of India's National Integration Council,[7] and on India's film censor board.[2]
In the 1960s, she headed the public relations department of Rallis India Ltd.[4]
She wrote about her experiences as a pioneering Indian female journalist in her 2014 memoir, Breaking News: A Woman in a Man's World.[2][1]
After the death of her husband, she moved to California to be near her children.[4][7]
Works
edit- Abortion: A Social Dilemma (1973)[10][1]
- Voluntary Effort in Family Planning: A Brief History (1974)[11]
- Women in India (1975)[12]
- Decline and Fall of Indira Gandhi (1977, with D.R. Mankekar)[9]
- Nagendra Singh, A Many Splendoured Life (1998)[13]
- Women Pioneers in India's Renaissance (2002, with Sushila Nayar)[14]
- Culture and Religious Traditions in Temples of Goa (2004)[15]
- Breaking News: A Woman in a Man's World (2014)[16]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Rai, Usha (1 March 2019). "Kamla Mankekar (1928–2018): Founder-Editor, Social Change". Social Change. 49 (1): 186–188. doi:10.1177/0049085719826670. ISSN 0049-0857.
- ^ a b c d Sharma, Kalpana (3 January 2015). "Keepers of the keys". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ Choudhary, Karan (20 August 2014). "The power of the pen then…". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "A Lady on Grub Street". The Indian Express. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ Mankekar, Kamla (2014). Breaking News: A Woman in a Man's World. New Delhi: Rupa Publications India. p. 14. ISBN 9788129131201.
- ^ Mankekar, Kamla (2014). Breaking News: A Woman in a Man's World. New Delhi: Rupa Publications India. p. 10. ISBN 9788129131201.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Kamla Mankekar". Rupa Publications. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ "Book extract: Decline And Fall Of Indira Gandhi by D.R. Mankekar". India Today. 30 June 1977.
- ^ a b Mankekar, Dinker R; Mankekar, Kamla (1977). Decline and fall of Indira Gandhi. New Delhi: Vision Books. OCLC 255889915.
- ^ Mankekar, Kamla (1973). Abortion: a social dilemma. Delhi: Vikas Pub. House. ISBN 9780706902631. OCLC 732139.
- ^ Mankekar, Kamla (1974). Voluntary effort in family planning: a brief history. New Delhi: Abhinav Publications. OCLC 1501807.
- ^ Mankekar, Kamla; Central Institute of Research and Training in Public Co-operation (1975). Women in India. New Delhi: Central Institute of Research & Training in Public Cooperation. OCLC 6447993.
- ^ Mankekar, Kamla; India; Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; Publications Division (1998). Nagendra Singh, a many splendoured life. New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India. ISBN 9788123006123. OCLC 39291215.
- ^ Nayar, Sushila; Mankekar, Kamla (2002). Women pioneers in India's renaissance, as I remember her: contributions from eminent women of present-day India. New Delhi: National Book Trust, India. ISBN 9788123737669. OCLC 50719112.
- ^ Mankekar, Kamla (2004). Culture and religious traditions in temples of Goa. New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India. ISBN 9788123011615. OCLC 60392445.
- ^ Mankekar, Kamla (2014). Breaking news: a woman in a man's world. ISBN 9788129131201. OCLC 894476694.