Lady Lokasundari Raman: Her Early Life and Times

By (author)Uma Parameswaran

380.00

Lady Lokasundari Raman was a charismatic person in her own right, as well as a devoted helpmate to her scientist-husband, Sir C V Raman. The book traces her early life in Madurai, Chennai and Calcutta, and we get a glimpse of the role of a young woman in the early decades of the twentieth century as she went forward bearing the many responsibilities of an extended family. This biography brings to light details of an unconventional wedding that had to be postponed due to societal pressures and an unconventional marriage between two great individuals.

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