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Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay was responsible for the revival of traditional handlooms and handicrafts in post-Independence India.
Recognized as the doyen of Indian arts and crafts Kamaladevi was the driving force behind several initiatives such as the Crafts Council of India and the Central Cottage Industries Emporium. Born in 1903, Kamaladevi was married off at a very young age. She became involved in India’s freedom movement and worked alongside several prominent freedom fighters for India’s independence.
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay also founded the Indian Co-operative Union. She set up a cooperative society initially for rehabilitation of cross border refugees after Partition. Under her leadership, the cooperative flourished and multiplied thus becoming a phenomenal success.
Kamaladevi could not bear the slow death of the Indian arts and crafts industry and strived for a renaissance. As Chairperson of the Handloom Board, she travelled far and wide scouting for talented artisans and worked towards their economic upliftment. Further she launched the Indian National Theatre.
Kamaladevi has won several illustrious awards such as the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership, the World Crafts Council Award and the Padma Vibhushan.
Why we find Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay inspiring:
– For her remarkable vision in sustaining India’s rich cultural heritage
– For her “out-of-the-box” thinking which led her to launch several previously unheard of initiatives successfully
– For being a champion of women’s rights and for fighting against archaic laws
– For realizing that if a country is to truly flourish, growth must be evident from the grassroots level
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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