DAUGHTERS OF THE VITASTA – A HISTORY OF KASHMIRI WOMEN FROM EARLY TIMES TO THE RESENT DAY BY PREM NATH BAJAJ
Monday, September 9, 2013
The book is to depict Kashmiri women as they lived through
different periods of history, to describe their past achievements, long days of
adversity and present struggle for emancipation. Contents of the book are the
vignettes of outstanding women who flourished from early times in any field of
social activity.
Though superficial reading of the book may give rise to
revivalist tendencies, I would like to say that it is none of my desires to
create a mythical golden age in which Kashmiri women achieved unsurpassable
glory.
Despite the imperfections of modern social life, there is no
gainsaying that today we live in a better world where both men and women find
vaster opportunities and greater freedom for the unfoldment of their potentialities.
Revivalism is by no means a healthy doctrine nor can its adoption contribute to
prosperity of a people.
This is a pioneer work in a particular domain of literature
and apt to suffer from the shortcomings usual to its kind.
Prem
Nath Bajaj was born in July 1905 at Srinagar. Educated in S.P. College, he took
his degree from Punjab University and entered public life in August 1930 by
joining the Women’s Welfare Trust. In 1931 he was elected President of the S.D.
Yuvat Sabha that year the Maharaja nominated him as a non- official member of
the Grievances Enquiry Commission and the Constitutional Reforms Conference. He
started the daily Vitasta in 1932 to advocate the cause of Secularism,
Democracy and Freedom.
Bazaz
is the author of several books including Inside Kashmir (1942), Azad Kashmir
(1951) and The History of Struggle for Freedom in Kashmir (1954). He has
written a number of treaties and booklets in English and Urdu on Economic,
Political, Cultural and social problems of Kashmir.
Book: Daughters of The Vitasta
Author: Prem Nath Bajaj
ISBN: 978-81-8339-048-4
Language: English
Author: Prem Nath Bajaj
ISBN: 978-81-8339-048-4
Language: English
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