Rai, Usha
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Usha Rai, bulk: 2022-03-10, 2022-03-16
File
Identifier: OH-003-9
Dates:
Majority of material found within 2022-03-10, 2022-03-16
Usha Rai Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-032
Content Description
The Usha Rai papers consist of books authored by Rai related to humanitarian projects, research references for the writings, and newspapers and newspaper clippings written by or pertaining to Rai.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1970-2019
Found in:
Archives at NCBS
Usha Rai - Session 01, 2022-03-10
Item
Identifier: OH-003-9-1
Interview Summary
(00:00:33) Childhood, family and memories from the freedom struggle Rai talks about her childhood years, growing up across various cities of India because of her father’s transferable job. She speaks about her parents, siblings and grandparents. She recollects memories from her childhood and also those from the freedom struggle. She says she owes her journalism to her maternal grandfather who used to bring out a literary magazine in Telugu. She also recounts being neighbours with...
Dates:
2022-03-10
Usha Rai - Session 02, 2022-03-16
Item
Identifier: OH-003-9-2
Interview Summary
(00:00:45) Marriage, divorce and its effects on her children and her career and asking for maternity leave
Rai speaks about getting married to Raghu Rai. She describes writing an article on the hopes and expectations of a marriage as being cathartic for her and how it was received. After her divorce, she shares that she has continued to be in touch with her ex-husband professionally and for their children. She talks about how her divorce affected her professionally. She shares about her...
Dates:
2022-03-16
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- Archival Object 3
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Environmental advocacy 1
- Environmental journalism 1
- Nature reserves 1
- Newspapers 1
- Poaching 1
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