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#SouthAsianHeritageMonth #SouthAsia #histodon #India #independence #archives

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#SouthAsianHeritageMonth #SouthAsia #histodon #India #independence #archives

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You can read more about Mirabehn in her fascinating memoir “The Spirit's Pilgrimage”, and more stories from our archives that related to South Asia here https://www. lse.ac.uk/library/collection-h ighlights/traces-of-south-asia

#histodons #India #SouthAsia #history #archives #independence #SouthAsianHeritageMonth

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You can read more about Mirabehn in her fascinating memoir “The Spirit's Pilgrimage”, and more stories from our archives that related to South Asia here https://www. lse.ac.uk/library/collection-h ighlights/traces-of-south-asia

#histodons #India #SouthAsia #history #archives #independence #SouthAsianHeritageMonth

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A photograph of the spin of a book called "The Spirit's Pilgramage" situated amongst the book shelves of LSE Library

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She also appears in a photograph album from our papers of Agnes Maude Royden. Mirabehn is on the far right, then Asaf Ali (a hugely important figure in the Indian independence movement and Delhi’s first mayor), Agnes Maude Royden (campaigner for the ordination of women), and Gandhi.

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She also appears in a photograph album from our papers of Agnes Maude Royden. Mirabehn is on the far right, then Asaf Ali (a hugely important figure in the Indian independence movement and Delhi’s first mayor), Agnes Maude Royden (campaigner for the ordination of women), and Gandhi.

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A black and white photograph of four people standing in front of a car, with an unidentified man in the background. Mirabehn is on the far right, then Asaf Ali (a hugely important figure in the Indian independence movement and Delhi’s first mayor), Agnes Maude Royden (campaigner for the ordination of women), and Gandhi.

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She stayed with Gandhi in his ashram, and remained in India for over 30 years. After his death, she began a monthly publication called “bapu raj patrika” written in simple language to local village people to help them organise a simple decentralised society inspired by Gandhi.

We have a letter of Mirabehn’s in our archives; an extraordinary and harrowing document called “Read. Realise. Act” which she sends to Labour MP George Lansbury at the time.

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She stayed with Gandhi in his ashram, and remained in India for over 30 years. After his death, she began a monthly publication called “bapu raj patrika” written in simple language to local village people to help them organise a simple decentralised society inspired by Gandhi.

We have a letter of Mirabehn’s in our archives; an extraordinary and harrowing document called “Read. Realise. Act” which she sends to Labour MP George Lansbury at the time.

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A letter entitled "Read, realise, act" written by Mirabehn remarking on the atrocities that the British government were committing in India, and enclosing a list of British criminal acts

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She spent a year of preparation where she learned to spin (Gandhi had made this skill an important part of his movement), became a vegetarian, gave up alcohol and started learning Urdu. She practiced sleeping on the floor and subscribed to Gandhi’s “Young India” weekly newsletter

She wrote to Gandhi telling him about her preparations before moving to India. He approved and, after the year was up, invited Mirabehn to India. Gandhi suggested she learn Hindustani

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She spent a year of preparation where she learned to spin (Gandhi had made this skill an important part of his movement), became a vegetarian, gave up alcohol and started learning Urdu. She practiced sleeping on the floor and subscribed to Gandhi’s “Young India” weekly newsletter

She wrote to Gandhi telling him about her preparations before moving to India. He approved and, after the year was up, invited Mirabehn to India. Gandhi suggested she learn Hindustani

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She heard of a new biography of Beethoven which was written by French writer Rolland, but she couldn't read French so she moved to Paris and learned French so that she could chat to him about Beethoven

“An inexplicable conviction possessed me that all depended on my meeting him”. When she finally met him, he told her about Gandhi, “another Christ”. She was moved by the writings of Gandhi, and wanted to move to India to be with him and help his cause for an independent India.

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She heard of a new biography of Beethoven which was written by French writer Rolland, but she couldn't read French so she moved to Paris and learned French so that she could chat to him about Beethoven

“An inexplicable conviction possessed me that all depended on my meeting him”. When she finally met him, he told her about Gandhi, “another Christ”. She was moved by the writings of Gandhi, and wanted to move to India to be with him and help his cause for an independent India.

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Born Madeleine Slade, Mirabehn was a huge fan of Beethoven, and helped bring about an end to the boycott of German music in London after WW2. She sold her own piano to fund an invitation to composer Felix Weingartner to conduct the London Symphony Orchestra at a concert in London

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Born Madeleine Slade, Mirabehn was a huge fan of Beethoven, and helped bring about an end to the boycott of German music in London after WW2. She sold her own piano to fund an invitation to composer Felix Weingartner to conduct the London Symphony Orchestra at a concert in London

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A portrait black and white photograph of Mirabehn staring into the camera, taken from her memoir "A Spirit's Pilgrimage" 

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What does Beethoven have to do with the independence movement in India?

Well....thread:

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What does Beethoven have to do with the independence movement in India?

Well....thread:

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@afouxenidis ah okay phew! No problem :)

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@afouxenidis ah okay phew! No problem :)

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@afouxenidis Hi there, I'm afraid I cannot read Greek and not sure I understand the translation that I've looked at.

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@afouxenidis Hi there, I'm afraid I cannot read Greek and not sure I understand the translation that I've looked at.

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We're organising a free event relating to Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar's time in London. In person (London) or online, October 2023.

Register here: https://www. eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-life-an d-thought-of-dr-b-r-ambedkar-in-london-tickets-675931277647?aff=oddtdtcreator

#Ambedkar #SouthAsia #India #Ambedkarite #London #LSE #histodons #history

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We're organising a free event relating to Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar's time in London. In person (London) or online, October 2023.

Register here: https://www. eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-life-an d-thought-of-dr-b-r-ambedkar-in-london-tickets-675931277647?aff=oddtdtcreator

#Ambedkar #SouthAsia #India #Ambedkarite #London #LSE #histodons #history

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after nearly seven years of exhausting unrequited love my prickly pear plant has finally decided to flower

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after nearly seven years of exhausting unrequited love my prickly pear plant has finally decided to flower

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A picture of a large green prickly pear plant with lots of buds and four yellow flowers

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Which ex LSE professor is the only person to have both dressed The Who and worked for WHO, and (as far as I'm aware), ridden a camel topless?

For #SouthAsianHeritageMonth I typed "Ceylon" into our archives catalogue, and here's a video of what archives I found.
#SriLanka #Pakistan #India #Archives #curator #sahm #SouthAsia

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Which ex LSE professor is the only person to have both dressed The Who and worked for WHO, and (as far as I'm aware), ridden a camel topless?

For #SouthAsianHeritageMonth I typed "Ceylon" into our archives catalogue, and here's a video of what archives I found.
#SriLanka #Pakistan #India #Archives #curator #sahm #SouthAsia

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For anyone about in London, we're doing a drop in on 27 July to see archives on the theme of South Asia, for South Asian Heritage Month.

Register here: https://www. eventbrite.co.uk/e/south-asian-heritage-month-archive-drop-in-session-tickets-639167325677?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshwebdesktop

#London #archives #SouthAsia #libraries #SouthAsianHeritageMonth #SAHM #tellingourstories #Ambedkar #Pakistan #Bangladesh #India #SriLanka #curator

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For anyone about in London, we're doing a drop in on 27 July to see archives on the theme of South Asia, for South Asian Heritage Month.

Register here: https://www. eventbrite.co.uk/e/south-asian-heritage-month-archive-drop-in-session-tickets-639167325677?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshwebdesktop

#London #archives #SouthAsia #libraries #SouthAsianHeritageMonth #SAHM #tellingourstories #Ambedkar #Pakistan #Bangladesh #India #SriLanka #curator

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This is a very thoughtful post from the Radical History working group on their experiences of entering the archive: https://archive-stories.com/Decolonisi ng-LSE

"Archive Stories is a website about how to work with creative and non-traditional archives. We wanted to create a space for conversations about archiving beyond institutional archives..."

#archives #archive #archivist #archivists #history #histodons #decolonising

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This is a very thoughtful post from the Radical History working group on their experiences of entering the archive: https://archive-stories.com/Decolonisi ng-LSE

"Archive Stories is a website about how to work with creative and non-traditional archives. We wanted to create a space for conversations about archiving beyond institutional archives..."

#archives #archive #archivist #archivists #history #histodons #decolonising

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@amelia_dowler hey there 👋 Good to see a fellow curator!

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@amelia_dowler hey there 👋 Good to see a fellow curator!

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#introduction post

hello

I'm daniel and I'm the politics curator working at the Library of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK.

I do engagement work with archives. I'm also a librarian & working towards archivist registration with the ARA.

I like psychoanalysis, italian, archives & words.

#archives #libraries #curator #GLAM #history #politics #internationalism #Ambedkar #activism #socialism #peace #OralHistories #Lansbury #italiano #psychoanalysis #ara #LSE

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#introduction post

hello

I'm daniel and I'm the politics curator working at the Library of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK.

I do engagement work with archives. I'm also a librarian & working towards archivist registration with the ARA.

I like psychoanalysis, italian, archives & words.

#archives #libraries #curator #GLAM #history #politics #internationalism #Ambedkar #activism #socialism #peace #OralHistories #Lansbury #italiano #psychoanalysis #ara #LSE