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Maya Jayapal

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Maya Jayapal
Born1941 (age 82–83)
Palakkad, Kerala, British Raj
NationalityIndian
Alma materMount Carmel College, Bangalore
Children

Maya Jayapal (born 1941) is an Indian historian, author, columnist, teacher, and counselor.

Early life and education

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Jayapal is from Palakkad, Kerala, India.[1] She moved from Chennai to Bengaluru to attend college in 1955,[2][3] and graduated from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore.[4][1] After her marriage to MP Jayapal,[5][6] she resided in Bengaluru for a decade before moving to Jakarta, Indonesia, for 11 years and then Singapore for 13 years.[7][5] Since 1993, Jayapal has lived in Bengaluru.[2]

Career

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Jayapal is the author of several books, including Bangalore: Roots and Beyond and Bangalore: The Story of A City.[2][8] Bangalore: The Story of A City was released in 1997[9][10] during the commemoration of the 460th anniversary of the city,[11] and includes her research about the Victoria Hotel[12] and the BRV theatre.[13] The book was one of the first histories of Bengaluru that specifically connected to its present, while Bangalore: Roots and Beyond contains additional research and photographs.[14] While residing in Singapore, Jayapal expanded presentations she gave on the history of Singapore into a book,[15] Old Singapore, based on collections of letters and memoirs.[16][17][18][19]

Jayapal has cited Jane Austen, Amitav Ghosh, and Yaa Gyasi as influences.[15]

Personal life

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Her daughter, Pramila Jayapal, is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and the first Indian-American woman elected to the House.[20][21][5][22] Her elder daughter Susheela Jayapal resides in Portland, Oregon,[7] and is the first Indian-American to serve on the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners.[23]

Jayapal lives in Langford Town in Bangalore.[20]

Works

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  • Old Singapore (1992)
  • Old Jakarta (1993)
  • Bangalore: The story of a city (1997)
  • Bangalore: Roots and Beyond (2014)

References

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  1. ^ a b "We are proud of her victory, say Pramila Jayapal's parents". The New Indian Express. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Datta, Sravasti (2 July 2014). "The real Bangalore". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Bring bygone B'lore into classrooms". Times of India. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  4. ^ Shekhar, Divya (25 November 2016). "Author Maya Jayapal feels a graciousness about Bengaluru that is not found elsewhere". The Economic Times.
  5. ^ a b c Murali, Janaki (19 November 2016). "Indian American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal's parents: 'She's interested in social justice'". Firstpost. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  6. ^ Joseph, George (11 November 2016). "The making of the first Indian-American woman in US House of Representatives". Rediff.com. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Pramila Jayapal has a close city-connect". The Hindu. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  8. ^ "'Bangalore's history is missing from texts'". Times of India. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  9. ^ Nagendra, Harini (7 July 2016). Nature in the City: Bengaluru in the Past, Present, and Future. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199089680 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ "Indian Review of Books". Acme Books Pvt. Limited. 16 May 1998 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ Moona, Suresh (28 February 2019). "Bangalore in books". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  12. ^ Deshpande, Sanjana (9 March 2021). "Victoria Hotel: Remembering Bengaluru's forgotten heritage". The News Minute. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  13. ^ Shekhar, Divya (22 October 2015). "103-year-old building now Army canteen was earlier a ballroom and later BRV talkies". The Economic Times. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  14. ^ Varma, Nikhil (11 January 2018). "Cultivating a creative bond". The Hindu – via ProQuest.
  15. ^ a b Chhakchhuak, Ramzauva (15 January 2018). "'Wish this was kinder, gentler city... like 25 yrs ago'". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 7 September 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  16. ^ Duncanson, Dennis (July 1993). "Old Singapore. By Maya Jayapal. (Images of Asia.) pp. 86, 16 col. pl., 26 bl. & wh. illus., map (on end papers). Singapore etc., Oxford University Press, 1992. £8.95 - Historical dictionary of Singapore. By K. Mulliner & Lian The-Mulliner. (Asian Historical Dictionaries No. 7.) pp. xxxii, 251, 4 maps. Metuchen, NJ and London, Scarecrow Press, 1991. US $32.50". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 3 (2): 302–303. doi:10.1017/S1356186300004661. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  17. ^ Cangi, Ellen C. (1993). "Civilizing the people of Southeast Asia: Sir Stamford Raffles' town plan for Singapore, 1819–23". Planning Perspectives. 8 (2): 166–187. doi:10.1080/02665439308725769. A brief, wellwritten overview of Singapore's history is Maya Jayapal, Old Singapore. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1992.
  18. ^ Lim, Richard (1 May 2013). The Rough Guide to Singapore. Rough Guides UK. ISBN 9781409330073 – via Google Books.
  19. ^ Atiyah, Jeremy (16 May 2002). Southeast Asia. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781858288932 – via Google Books.
  20. ^ a b "US elections: Celebrations at Indian-American Pramila Jayapal's home in Bengaluru". Deccan Herald. 6 November 2020.
  21. ^ "പ്രമീളയുടെ അമ്മയെ ഫോണിൽ വിളിച്ച് ബൈഡൻ 'സർപ്രൈസ്'". Malayala Manorama (in Malayalam). 8 November 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  22. ^ Sharma, Swati (11 December 2016). "A woman of substance". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  23. ^ Sparling, Zane (26 February 2019). "Susheela Jayapal: New politico settles in on county board". Portland Tribune. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
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