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I am reading “Big Magic” by Elizabeth Gilbert. (I highly recommend the book to anyone who is engaged in a passion project.) In the chapter titled Enchantment, I found this:

Biographies The first biography of Anandi was written in 1888 by Caroline Wells Healey Dall, a distinguished American woman who had come to know Anandi personally. The book touches on the

Anandi’s quest to become a doctor for Indian women was born of tragedy — her son died when he was only a few weeks old. She was devastated by the loss. She had seen other

Below is the broad timeline of the of the book. The book is primarily about the years 1878-1887. 1844/45 – Gopal Joshee was born in Sangamner, and Theodocia Carpenter was born in

An American woman, Caroline Dall, wrote a biography of Anandi in 1888. Thanks to archive.org, it is available as a free download.  The book does a superb job of portraying Anandi’s character and

In 2009 I stumbled upon the biography of S. Ramanujan (“The Man Who Knew Infinity”) while browsing the sidewalk display of the used-book store in my town. Having majored in

Bombay was the capital of Bombay Presidency – one of a handful of governing entities into which the British had organized their empire in India. It was a major port

The NYT carried a great article by Stacy Schiff on the dual lives of biographers. The opening paragraph perfectly captures the feeling: The biographer has two lives: The one she leads,