Santha rama rau biography of mahatma gandhi

          Santha Rama Rau was a journalist, dramaturge and travel writer....

          Rama Rau, Santha

          1923-2009, born: Madras, India
          Novelist, Essayist, Travel Writer, Dramatist

          In 1945, one year after Santha Rama Rau had graduated from Wellesley College, the first Indian student to be admitted there, she was already a celebrity author with a best seller and had earned a berth in Current Biography.

          Her father was a diplomat during the time of Mahatma Gandhi's non-violent coup d'état.

        1. At age after living in England for ten years--author Santha Rama Rau and her family returned to India.
        2. Santha Rama Rau was a journalist, dramaturge and travel writer.
        3. Her father Sir Benegal Rama Rau was ambassador to the US soon after Independence.
        4. Dhanvanthi Rama Rau was the founder of the Family Planning Association of India, co-founder and president of the International Planned Parenthood Federation.

          5. She was the privileged daughter of distinguished parents—her father, Sir Benegal Rama Rau, was a high level government official and diplomat for British India. Her mother, Lady Dhanvanthi Rama Rau, was an activist for women’s rights in India, including raising the age of marriage and birth control.

          Born in India as Vasanthi, shortened to Santha, Rama Rau and her sister lived as children in several countries where their father was posted. She was educated in English schools before arriving in the United States in 1941 for her college education, which coincided with Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor and America’s entry into World War II.

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