- Amid vaccine hesitancy, Amritsar points to shortage delaying second dose delivery
- In Kumbh crowd management, a first: RSS workers as Special Police Officers
- Names of BSP govt projects being changed due to casteist prejudice: Mayawati
- Sukhbir promises Dalit deputy CM if voted to power, BJP the CM post
- Workers to owners, a tea belt wilts: ‘50% on sale, no buyers’
- In bypoll-bound Damoh, a village shuts itself to break coronavirus chain
Mahadevi Varma birth anniversary: Celebrating the author and advocate of women
Updated: March 26, 2021 6:40:36 pm- 1 / 8
Hindi-language poet and a novelist, Mahadevi Varma wrote extensively on women's experiences. Born on 26 March 1907, Varma continued focussing on various aspects of a woman's life. On her birth anniversary, here's revisiting her life and some of her works. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
- 2 / 8
Varma was an evocative poet, essayist and advocate for women’s rights in India. (Source: Amazon.in)
- 3 / 8
She grew up near Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh and was inspired by her father to pursue education. (Source: Amazon.in)
- 4 / 8
Varma began writing poetry while pursuing a masters degree in Sanskit. (Source: Amazon.in)
- 5 / 8
Her early work was discovered by her roommate and friend Subhadra Kumari Chauhan. (Source: Amazon.in)
- 6 / 8
Later, both of them will become famous poets. (Source: Amazon.in)
- 7 / 8
She was one of those who spearheaded the Chhayavad movement in Hindi literature. (Source: Amazon.in)
- 8 / 8
The movement from unfolded from 1914-1938 captured a period of romanticism in Hindi poetry. She passed away in 1987. (Source: Amazon.in)