Jasodhara bagchi biography channel

“Aamar  mukti  aaloy  aaloy,  ei aakashe…”
(My freedom  lies  in  this  sky,  this  light)

This song, an uncommon one, was sung by Jasodhara Bagchi in a protest held against the incarceration of Dr.

Binayak Sen. It resonates with the freedom that Jasodhara Bagchi embodied in her spirits and ideology. Born in 1937 and continuing her journey of resistance against social hierarchies till her death in January, 2015, Jasodhara di, as she was fondly known, has left a legacy of challenging the status quo of many social inequalities until there is a better version, a better story.

Education and contribution to academics

Bagchi completed her bachelor’s in English honours from Presidency College, Kolkata, her second bachelor’s from Somerville College, Oxford University, and went onto pursue her PhD on Walter Pater and late 19th century English literature at New Hall, Cambridge.

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