Kusum Nair

Kusum Nair (1919–1993) was an Indian journalist, and writer on agricultural policy from the cultural side.^[1] Her work challenged "agricultural fundamentalism".^[2] Blossoms in the Dust, a title taken from a 1941 film, was based on a journal from 1958, when she spent a year in Indian villages.^[3]

Life

She was born Kusum Prasad in Etah.^[4] Her early work dealt with Indian politics, and the Bombay Naval Mutiny of 1946. A Congress Socialist Party member, she was involved in the mutiny's planning.^[5]

Works

The Army of Occupation (1946)
Japan's Soviet Held Prisoners (1951)
Blossoms in the Dust: The Human Factor in Indian Development (1961)
The Lonely Furrow: Farming in the United States, Japan and India (1969)
Three Bowls of Rice; India and Japan: Century of Effort (1973)
In Defense of the Irrational Peasant: Indian Agriculture After the Green Revolution (1979)
Transforming Traditionally: Land and Labour Use in Asia and Africa (1983)

References

John Adams, Obituary: Kusum Nair (1919-1993), The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 53, No. 3 (Aug., 1994), pp. 1046–1048

Notes

^ The Agrarian History of South Asia: A Bibliographic Essay
^ Donald E. Voth, An Overview of International Development Perspectives in History: Focus on Agricultural and Rural Development(PDF), p. 24.
^ (PDF), p. 4.
^ Hewitt's of White Oak and Collateral Families
^ "Pakistani Women In A Changing Society". Archived from the original on 26 August 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2007.

External links

[1] The Agrarian History of South Asia: A Bibliographic Essay

[2] Donald E. Voth, An Overview of International Development Perspectives in History: Focus on Agricultural and Rural Development(PDF), p. 24.

[3] (PDF), p. 4.

[4] Hewitt's of White Oak and Collateral Families

[5] "Pakistani Women In A Changing Society". Archived from the original on 26 August 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2007.

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