Maïna Kataki

Maïna Kataki, née Juliette Pierre-Marie, (born ^{[date missing]} 1923) is a French born, feminist author based in Pune, India. She is well respected in the field of postcolonial foreign charity activities in India.

Early life

Kataki was born in Paris, and moved to Pune in 1970, being attracted to the spiritual aspects of Indian culture. She became an Indian in 1976.^[1] She has taught at university, in slums and also in a village where she founded the Samarpan Ashram in 1983.

Bibliography

Kataki is the author of La Joie d'Être,^[1] which is an autobiographical account of L'Inde Secrète des Villages, which details a young woman's attempt at reforming village practices in relation to medicine^[2] and Femme de Pierre ou Femme de Chair on her views on feminism.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Kataki, M (1992) La joie d'Être: journal en Inde, Editions Beauchesne, ISBN 2701012368
2. ^ Kataki, M (2003) L'Inde secrète des villages, Editions Saint-Augustin, ISBN 2940343004
3. ^ Kataki, M. (2002) Femme de pierre ou femme de chair, J.C. Limasset

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