Mar 6, 2024 · In 1953, UN Member States elected India’s political dynamo Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit as the eighth President of the General Assembly, the first woman ever elected to the role.

Apr 4, 2024 · Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was one of India’s leading voices in world affairs. A pioneering policymaker, stateswoman, and diplomat, she paved the way for women in many fields across the globe. As a prominent politician, she was India’s first woman cabinet minister.

Mar 16, 2024 · Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, “the most remarkable woman” Eleanor Roosevelt had ever met, was a pioneering politician and diplomat celebrated internationally for her brilliance, charm and...

Feb 20, 2024 · Bhagavan’s biography of Madame Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, a 20 th-century Indian politician and diplomat whose achievements have been diminished and even deliberately erased, recently landed at No. 3 on India's Asian Age nonfiction bestseller list.

May 16, 2024 · BOOK REVIEW of “VIJAYA LAKSHMI PANDIT: A BIOGRAPHY” by MANU BHAGAVAN; PENGUIN ALLEN LANE ;2023; Rs. 999.00. Keen followers of Indian history, especially the country’s independence struggle and early post-independence days, would remember Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit as an extraordinary woman.

Feb 27, 2024 · In December of 2023, nearly twenty years after Professor Bhagavan was introduced to the remarkable life of Madame Pandit – a prolific politician, diplomat and anticolonialist of the twentieth-century – he published her biography.

At this fraught juncture, the world has much to learn from Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, one of the 20th century’s most renowned and respected figures.

Mar 18, 2024 · Manu Bhagavan and Ellen Chesler discuss Bhagavan’s latest book on Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (Penguin, 2023), admired sister of India’s founding Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, and a pioneering public servant, diplomat, and women's rights advocate, in her own right. They talk about the Nehru’s privileged upbringing and elite education, their ...

May 2, 2024 · In 1953, Vijay Lakshmi Pandit of India was chosen as the President of the United Nations General Assembly by UN Member States, becoming the eighth President of UNGA and the first woman to hold the position.

Jan 2, 2024 · The Delhi launch of Manu Bhagavan’s biography of Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit focused on her largely ‘erased’ legacy as a freedom fighter, diplomat, and politician.