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Part 4 of History of science, philosophy and culture in Indian civilization. Ray, Bharati. Pearson Education India, 2009. {{ISBN|8131718182}},</ref> and [[Fellow|Senior Academic Fellow]] at the [[Indian Council of Historical Research]], New Delhi.<ref>[http://www.sagepub.com/authorDetails.nav?contribId=645165 Sage Publishing: Prem Chowdhry Affiliations]</ref> She is a feminist<ref name="prem">{{cite book|title=The Emergence of Feminism in India, 1850–1920|last=Anagol|first=Padma|author-link = Padma Anagol |publisher=Ashgate Publishing Company|year=2005|isbn=9780754634119}}</ref> and critic of violence against couples refusing [[arranged marriages]].<ref>[http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?266072 ‘Khaps Have To Reform’, Sheela Reddy, Outlook India, July 2010]</ref>
Part 4 of History of science, philosophy and culture in Indian civilization. Ray, Bharati. Pearson Education India, 2009. {{ISBN|8131718182}},</ref> and [[Fellow|Senior Academic Fellow]] at the [[Indian Council of Historical Research]], New Delhi.<ref>[http://www.sagepub.com/authorDetails.nav?contribId=645165 Sage Publishing: Prem Chowdhry Affiliations]</ref> She is a feminist<ref name="prem">{{cite book|title=The Emergence of Feminism in India, 1850–1920|last=Anagol|first=Padma|author-link = Padma Anagol |publisher=Ashgate Publishing Company|year=2005|isbn=9780754634119}}</ref> and critic of violence against couples refusing [[arranged marriages]].<ref>[http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?266072 ‘Khaps Have To Reform’, Sheela Reddy, Outlook India, July 2010]</ref>


She is a well-known scholar of gender studies, authority on the political economy and social history of [[Haryana]] state in [[India]].<ref>[http://global.oup.com/academic/product/political-economy-of-production-and-reproduction-9780198067702;jsessionid=76B4088195F4A55D75A4C5E8FB25BE5A?cc=gb&lang=en& Oxford University Press]</ref>
She is a well-known scholar of gender studies, authority on the political economy and social history of [[Haryana]] state in [[India]].<ref name="Geetha 2012">{{cite news |last1=Geetha |first1=V. |title=Power, violence and Dalit women |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/power-violence-and-dalit-women/article3515761.ece |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=June 11, 2012 |quote=her study would have been richer had she placed it in the context of feminist scholarship — one thinks of Prem Chowdhry's fantastic work on changing gender relations in Haryana, for instance, and how she works with notions of caste, gender, labour and economic change.}}</ref><ref>[http://global.oup.com/academic/product/political-economy-of-production-and-reproduction-9780198067702;jsessionid=76B4088195F4A55D75A4C5E8FB25BE5A?cc=gb&lang=en& Oxford University Press]</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
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Chowdhry is an alumna of [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]],<ref>[http://www.jnu.ac.in/aaj/AlumniMember.asp?searchStr=P JNU Alumni Association] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303044856/http://www.jnu.ac.in/AAJ/AlumniMember.asp?searchStr=P |date=3 March 2013 }}</ref> and professorial fellow of the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]].
Chowdhry is an alumna of [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]],<ref>[http://www.jnu.ac.in/aaj/AlumniMember.asp?searchStr=P JNU Alumni Association] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303044856/http://www.jnu.ac.in/AAJ/AlumniMember.asp?searchStr=P |date=3 March 2013 }}</ref> and professorial fellow of the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]].
She has provided expert commentary to news media, including to ''[[The Guardian]]'' about the impact of prejudice against having a daughter in India;<ref name="Ramesh 2007">{{cite news |last1=Ramesh |first1=Randeep |title=Foetuses aborted and dumped secretly as India shuns baby girls |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jul/28/india.randeepramesh |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=July 28, 2007}}</ref> to ''The Guardian'',<ref name="Burke 2010">{{cite news |last1=Burke |first1=Jason |title=Triple murder in India highlights increase in 'honour killings' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jun/25/triple-murder-india-honour-killings |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=June 25, 2010}}</ref> ''[[Associated Press]]'',<ref name="George 2010">{{cite news |last1=George |first1=Nirmala |title=Divorce or die -- old rules clash with new India |url=https://archive.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2010/07/12/divorce_or_die____old_rules_clash_with_new_india/?page=2 |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=Boston.com |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=July 12, 2010}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|TIME]]'',<ref name="Singh 2010">{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Madhur |title=Why Are Hindu Honor Killings Rising in India? |url=https://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1991195,00.html |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=[[Time (magazine)|TIME]] |date=May 25, 2010}}</ref> and ''[[Reuters]]''<ref name="Denyer 2008">{{cite news |last1=Denyer |first1=Simon |title=Indian village proud after double "honor killing" |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-honourkilling-idUSDEL29449420080516 |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=[[Reuters]] |date=May 15, 2008}}</ref> about "honour killings"; to ''[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]'' about the [[Haryana]] social structure;<ref name="Gursoy 2020">{{cite news |last1=Gursoy |first1=Rabia |last2=Jalali |first2=Falah |title=Black and white selfies on social media bring awareness to violence against women |url=https://www.sbstatesman.com/2020/08/24/black-and-white-selfies-on-social-media-bring-awareness-to-violence-against-women/ |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]] |date=August 24, 2020}}</ref> to ''[[NPR]]'' about the Haryana social structure and how it relates to the rape of [[Dalit]] women;<ref name="McCarthy 2013">{{cite news |last1=McCarthy |first1=Julie |title=Outside The Big City, A Harrowing Sexual Assault In Rural India |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/02/08/171372687/outside-the-big-city-a-harrowing-sexual-assault-in-rural-india |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=[[NPR]] |date=February 8, 2013}}</ref> to ''[[The Indian Express]]'' about the political history of Indian cinema;<ref name="Rathi 2017">{{cite news |last1=Rathi |first1=Nandini |title=1930s imperial propaganda: How star-studded western films justified British colonialism |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/research/1930s-imperial-propaganda-how-star-studded-western-films-justified-british-colonialism-4783908/ |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=August 11, 2017}}</ref> and to ''Reuters'' about inheritance rights for women in India.<ref>{{cite news |title=As property prices rise, more Indian women claim inheritance |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/as-property-prices-rise-more-indian-women-claim-inheritance-1552462132830.html |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=Mint |agency=[[Reuters]] |date=March 13, 2019}}</ref> Her 2004 ''[[Modern Asian Studies]]'' article "Private Lives, State Intervention: Cases of Runaway Marriage in Rural North India" was cited by the [[Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite news |title=RESPONSES TO INFORMATION REQUESTS (RIRs) |url=https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/eoir/legacy/2014/02/04/IND100661.EX.pdf |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=www.justice.gov |agency=Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |date=January 9, 2006}}</ref>
She has also written commentary in ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]'', including about violence related to inter-caste marriages,<ref name="Chowdhry 2019">{{cite news |last1=Chowdhry |first1=Prem |title=Violence around inter-caste marriages |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/comment/violence-around-inter-caste-marriages-803140 |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |date=July 19, 2019}}</ref> and advocacy for an investment in the education of girls to reduce poverty.<ref name="Chowdhry 2020">{{cite news |last1=Chowdhry |first1=Prem |title=Invest in education for girls to reduce poverty |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment/invest-in-education-for-girls-to-reduce-poverty-39014 |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |date=February 11, 2020}}</ref>


==Art career==
==Art career==
Chowdhry is a self-taught artist<ref>{{cite AV media | last = Chowdhry | first = Prem (artist) | year = 2008 | title =Scarlet Woman | medium = Painting: oil on canvas, for use on front cover of academic journal ''[[Signs (journal)|Signs]]'', autumn 2010 | url = http://signsjournal.org/prem-chowdhry-scarlet-woman-2008/ | access-date = 21 February 2015 | publisher = [[University of Chicago Press|Chicago Journals]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last = Chowdhry | first = Prem | title = Illustration | journal = [[Signs (journal)|Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society]] | volume = 36 | issue = 1 | pages = Front cover| doi = 10.1086/651184 | date = Autumn 2010 | jstor = 10.1086/651184 }}</ref> whose painting are held by the [[National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai|National Gallery, India]]{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} and the [[Lalit Kala Akademi]], India's National Academy of Fine Arts. She started exhibiting in 1970 and her paintings often reflect on the status of women in India.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Salwat|first1=Ali|title=The Art of Dialogue | work= [[Newsline (magazine)|Newsline Magazine]] |date=1 February 2008  }} Retrieved 21 February 2015.</ref>
Chowdhry is a self-taught artist<ref>{{cite AV media | last = Chowdhry | first = Prem (artist) | year = 2008 | title =Scarlet Woman | medium = Painting: oil on canvas, for use on front cover of academic journal ''[[Signs (journal)|Signs]]'', autumn 2010 | url = http://signsjournal.org/prem-chowdhry-scarlet-woman-2008/ | access-date = 21 February 2015 | publisher = [[University of Chicago Press|Chicago Journals]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last = Chowdhry | first = Prem | title = Illustration | journal = [[Signs (journal)|Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society]] | volume = 36 | issue = 1 | pages = Front cover| doi = 10.1086/651184 | date = Autumn 2010 | jstor = 10.1086/651184 }}</ref> whose painting are held by the [[National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai|National Gallery, India]]{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} and the [[Lalit Kala Akademi]], India's National Academy of Fine Arts. She started exhibiting in 1970 and her paintings often reflect on the status of women in India.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Salwat|first1=Ali|title=The Art of Dialogue|url=https://newslinemagazine.com/magazine/the-art-of-dialogue-2/ | work= [[Newsline (magazine)|Newsline Magazine]] |date=1 February 2008  }} Retrieved 21 February 2015.</ref><ref name="Jayetilleke 2004">{{cite news |last1=Jayetilleke |first1=Rohan |title=Prem Chowdry explores life |url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2004/06/02/artscop06.html |access-date=10 July 2021 |work=Daily News |date=June 2, 2004}}</ref>


==Works==
==Works==


===Books===
===Books===
* {{cite book
| last = Chowdhry
| first = Prem
| title = Punjab politics: the role of Sir Chhotu Ram
| publisher = Vikas/University of Michigan
| year = 1984
| pages = 364
| isbn  = 978-0706924732
}}
* {{cite book
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| pages = 294
| pages = 294
| isbn  = 978-0719057922
| isbn  = 978-0719057922
}}
* {{cite book
| last = Chowdhry
| first = Prem
| title = Gender Discrimination in Land Ownership
| publisher = Sage Publications
| year = 2010
| pages = 314
| isbn  = 978-8178299426
}}
}}
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| first = Prem
| first = Prem
| title = Punjab politics: the role of Sir Chhotu Ram
| title = Gender Discrimination in Land Ownership
| publisher = Vikas/University of Michigan
| publisher = Sage Publications
| year = 1984
| year = 2010
| pages = 364
| pages = 314
| isbn  = 978-0706924732
| isbn  = 978-8178299426
}}
* {{cite book
| last = Chowdhry
| first = Prem
| title = Political Economy of Production and Reproduction
| publisher = Oxford University Press
| year = 2011
| pages = 464
| isbn  = 9780198067702
}}
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Latest revision as of 02:32, 11 July 2021


Prem Chowdhry
Born1944[1]
India
OccupationAcademic, activist, artist
NationalityIndian

Prem Chowdhry is an Indian social scientist, historian,[2] and Senior Academic Fellow at the Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi.[3] She is a feminist[4] and critic of violence against couples refusing arranged marriages.[5]

She is a well-known scholar of gender studies, authority on the political economy and social history of Haryana state in India.[6][7]

Career[edit]

Chowdhry is a Life Member of the Center for Women Studies.[8][9] She has also worked at the Indian Council of Social Science Research supported Centre for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi; an advanced studies unit of Nehru Memorial Museum & Library.[10]

Chowdhry is an alumna of Jawaharlal Nehru University,[11] and professorial fellow of the University Grants Commission.

She has provided expert commentary to news media, including to The Guardian about the impact of prejudice against having a daughter in India;[12] to The Guardian,[13] Associated Press,[14] TIME,[15] and Reuters[16] about "honour killings"; to The Statesman about the Haryana social structure;[17] to NPR about the Haryana social structure and how it relates to the rape of Dalit women;[18] to The Indian Express about the political history of Indian cinema;[19] and to Reuters about inheritance rights for women in India.[20] Her 2004 Modern Asian Studies article "Private Lives, State Intervention: Cases of Runaway Marriage in Rural North India" was cited by the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada in 2006.[21]

She has also written commentary in The Tribune, including about violence related to inter-caste marriages,[22] and advocacy for an investment in the education of girls to reduce poverty.[23]

Art career[edit]

Chowdhry is a self-taught artist[24][25] whose painting are held by the National Gallery, India[citation needed] and the Lalit Kala Akademi, India's National Academy of Fine Arts. She started exhibiting in 1970 and her paintings often reflect on the status of women in India.[26][27]

Works[edit]

Books[edit]

  • Chowdhry, Prem (1984). Punjab politics: the role of Sir Chhotu Ram. Vikas/University of Michigan. p. 364. ISBN 978-0706924732.
  • Chowdhry, Prem (1994). The Veiled Women: Shifting Gender Equations In Rural Haryana. Oxford University Press India. ISBN 978-0195670387.
  • Chowdhry, Prem (2000). Colonial India and the Making of Empire Cinema: Image, Ideology and Identity. Manchester University Press. p. 294. ISBN 978-0719057922.
  • Chowdhry, Prem (July 2009). Contentious Marriages, Eloping Couples: Gender, Caste, and Patriarchy in Northern India. Oxford University Press. p. 360. ISBN 978-0198063612.
  • Chowdhry, Prem (2010). Gender Discrimination in Land Ownership. Sage Publications. p. 314. ISBN 978-8178299426.
  • Chowdhry, Prem (2011). Political Economy of Production and Reproduction. Oxford University Press. p. 464. ISBN 9780198067702.
  • Chowdhry, Prem (2011). Understanding Politics And Society – Hardwari Lal. Manak publications. p. 423. ISBN 978-8178312279.

Papers[edit]

Personal life[edit]

She is the daughter of Hardwari Lal,[28] the educationist and Indian National Congress member of parliament for Haryana.[29]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Central Administrative Tribunal – Delhi
  2. ↑ Different Types of History Part 4 of History of science, philosophy and culture in Indian civilization. Ray, Bharati. Pearson Education India, 2009. ISBN 8131718182,
  3. ↑ Sage Publishing: Prem Chowdhry Affiliations
  4. ↑ Anagol, Padma (2005). The Emergence of Feminism in India, 1850–1920. Ashgate Publishing Company. ISBN 9780754634119.
  5. ↑ ‘Khaps Have To Reform’, Sheela Reddy, Outlook India, July 2010
  6. ↑ Geetha, V. (11 June 2012). "Power, violence and Dalit women". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 July 2021. her study would have been richer had she placed it in the context of feminist scholarship — one thinks of Prem Chowdhry's fantastic work on changing gender relations in Haryana, for instance, and how she works with notions of caste, gender, labour and economic change.
  7. ↑ Oxford University Press
  8. ↑ India Court of Women on Dowry and Related Forms of Violence against Women, 2009 [1]
  9. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 August 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)CWDS About Us Archived 5 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ Law and Social Science Research Network, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library 2008 [2]
  11. ↑ JNU Alumni Association Archived 3 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ↑ Ramesh, Randeep (28 July 2007). "Foetuses aborted and dumped secretly as India shuns baby girls". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  13. ↑ Burke, Jason (25 June 2010). "Triple murder in India highlights increase in 'honour killings'". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  14. ↑ George, Nirmala (12 July 2010). "Divorce or die -- old rules clash with new India". Boston.com. Associated Press. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  15. ↑ Singh, Madhur (25 May 2010). "Why Are Hindu Honor Killings Rising in India?". TIME. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  16. ↑ Denyer, Simon (15 May 2008). "Indian village proud after double "honor killing"". Reuters. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  17. ↑ Gursoy, Rabia; Jalali, Falah (24 August 2020). "Black and white selfies on social media bring awareness to violence against women". The Statesman. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  18. ↑ McCarthy, Julie (8 February 2013). "Outside The Big City, A Harrowing Sexual Assault In Rural India". NPR. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  19. ↑ Rathi, Nandini (11 August 2017). "1930s imperial propaganda: How star-studded western films justified British colonialism". The Indian Express. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  20. ↑ "As property prices rise, more Indian women claim inheritance". Mint. Reuters. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  21. ↑ "RESPONSES TO INFORMATION REQUESTS (RIRs)" (PDF). www.justice.gov. Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. 9 January 2006. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  22. ↑ Chowdhry, Prem (19 July 2019). "Violence around inter-caste marriages". The Tribune. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  23. ↑ Chowdhry, Prem (11 February 2020). "Invest in education for girls to reduce poverty". The Tribune. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  24. ↑ Chowdhry, Prem (artist) (2008). Scarlet Woman (Painting: oil on canvas, for use on front cover of academic journal Signs, autumn 2010). Chicago Journals. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  25. ↑ Chowdhry, Prem (Autumn 2010). "Illustration". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 36 (1): Front cover. doi:10.1086/651184. JSTOR 10.1086/651184.
  26. ↑ Salwat, Ali (1 February 2008). "The Art of Dialogue". Newsline Magazine. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  27. ↑ Jayetilleke, Rohan (2 June 2004). "Prem Chowdry explores life". Daily News. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  28. ↑ Reformist revisited, Humra Quraishi, The Tribune India. 27 March 2011
  29. ↑ [3] Social Scientist. v 21, no. 244-46 (Sept–Nov 1993) p. 112

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