Vijaya Ramaswamy

Vijaya Ramaswamy formerly Professor at the Centre for Historical Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, is the author of The Song of the Loom: Weaver Folk Traditions (2013), and The Historical Dictionary of the Tamils (2007, 2nd edition 2017). Her book Walking Naked: Women, Society, Spirituality in South India (1997, second 2nd edition 2007) won her the Best Woman Historian Award in 2000. She is currently a Tagore Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla.

Vijaya Ramaswamy formerly Professor at the Centre for Historical Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, is the author of The Song of the Loom: Weaver Folk Traditions (2013), and The Historical Dictionary of the Tamils (2007, 2nd edition 2017). Her book Walking Naked: Women, Society, Spirituality in South India (1997, second 2nd edition 2007) won her the Best Woman Historian Award in 2000. She is currently a Tagore Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. See less