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Lourduammal Simon, minister
BORN in , Lourdammal Simon was the first Dravidian minister who became a central minister, and the first woman minister from the Mukkuva community. If one visits the southern districts of Tamil Nadu, the Tilapia fish or jalebi fish is called ‘lourdu meen’ by fisher communities. This freshwater scaly variety draws its name from Lourdammal, the minister for local administration and fisheries of Madras in She introduced the Japanese Tilapia fish, now an invasive species in tanks and ponds so fishing communities could continue to fish during the annual bans and breeding seasons.
Mary Clubwala Jadhav, social worker
Located on a quiet corner, off the bustling Casa Major Road, the Madras School of Social Work, established in , has called out to many socially-charged youngsters. Its founder, Mary Clubwala Jadhav, remains the only leader in the city who has received all three Padma Awards. “No other woman has shaped Madras, so much without being a politician. She started service organisations, made social service a profession, and started teaching it. She took such great care of hurt soldiers that the British commander gave her a Japanese sword of surrender,” says Venkatesh. And how has the city remembered her? Her tomb lies amid grass at Royapuram w
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My grandmother, Manorama Rao, Madras (now Chennai). Image and Narrative contributed by Rekha Rao, Hyderabad This is a photograph of my paternal grandmother Manorama Rao when she graduated and topped English Honours with the Grigg Memorial gold medal at the University level. My grandmother was born into a Saraswat Konkani Brahmin family in Madras (now Chennai) in She was the eldest of three daughters in a progressive family that encouraged education and goals. Her mother (my great grandmother) Kamala Devi Tombat was a progressive lady with immense willpower. My great grandfather, Kamala Devi’s husband, Anand Rao Tombat had hired a British tutor to teach her English after their marriage and encouraged her to learn music. After her husband’s passing in , Kamala went on to do a Visharad in Hindi (equivalent to a Bachelor's degree), became a Hindi Pandit (Brahmin Scholar) and then a Professor of Hindi and Sanskrit at Queen Mary's College, Madras, one of the first three colleges for women in the country. She wrote and composed devotional songs and even published a book with them, named Shri Gurugeet Bhajanmala priced at a mere Rs 1 in those days. She and her daughters regularly sang on All India Radio too. Not only does my grandmother Manorama bear an uncanny physical resembl
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Krupabai Satthianadhan
Krupabai Satthianadhan (&#;) was an Asiatic writer who wrote quickwitted English.
Early life
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