Maya Jayapal

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Maya Jayapal
Born1941 (age 83–84)
Palakkad, Kerala, British Raj
NationalityIndian
Alma mater Mount Carmel College, Bangalore
Spouse
Jayapal Menon
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(died 2025)​
Children

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

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Early life and education

Maya Jayapal is a Malayali from Palakkad, Kerala, India. [1] [2] She moved from Chennai to Bengaluru to attend college in 1955, [3] [4] and graduated from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. [5] [1] After her marriage to MP Jayapal, [6] [7] she resided in Bengaluru for a decade before moving to Jakarta, Indonesia, for 11 years and then Singapore for 13 years. [8] [6] Since 1993, Jayapal has lived in Bengaluru. [3]

Career

Maya Jayapal is the author of several books, including Bangalore: Roots and Beyond and Bangalore: The Story of A City. [3] [9] Bangalore: The Story of A City was released in 1997 [10] [11] during the commemoration of the 460th anniversary of the city, [12] and includes her research about the Victoria Hotel [13] and the BRV theatre. [14] 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. [15] While residing in Singapore, Jayapal expanded presentations she gave on the history of Singapore into a book, [16] Old Singapore, based on collections of letters and memoirs. [17] [18] [19] [20]

Jayapal has cited Jane Austen, Amitav Ghosh, and Yaa Gyasi as influences. [16]

Personal life

Her daughter, Pramila Jayapal, is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and the first Indian-American woman elected to the House. [21] [22] [6] [23] Her elder daughter Susheela Jayapal resides in Portland, Oregon, [8] and is the first Indian-American to serve on the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. [24]

Maya Jayapal lives in Langford Town in Bangalore. [21]

Works

References

  1. 1 2 "We are proud of her victory, say Pramila Jayapal's parents". The New Indian Express . 10 November 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Indian American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal's parents: 'She's interested in social justice'". firstpost. 19 November 2016. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Datta, Sravasti (2 July 2014). "The real Bangalore". The Hindu . Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Bring bygone B'lore into classrooms". Times of India . 12 November 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  5. ↑ Shekhar, Divya (25 November 2016). "Author Maya Jayapal feels a graciousness about Bengaluru that is not found elsewhere". The Economic Times.
  6. 1 2 3 Murali, Janaki (19 November 2016). "Indian American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal's parents: 'She's interested in social justice'". Firstpost . Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  7. ↑ Joseph, George (11 November 2016). "The making of the first Indian-American woman in US House of Representatives". Rediff.com . Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  8. 1 2 "Pramila Jayapal has a close city-connect". The Hindu . 2 December 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "'Bangalore's history is missing from texts'". Times of India . 25 April 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  10. ↑ Nagendra, Harini (7 July 2016). Nature in the City: Bengaluru in the Past, Present, and Future. Oxford University Press. ISBN   9780199089680 – via Google Books.
  11. ↑ "Indian Review of Books". Acme Books Pvt. Limited. 16 May 1998 – via Google Books.
  12. ↑ Moona, Suresh (28 February 2019). "Bangalore in books". The Hindu . Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  13. ↑ Deshpande, Sanjana (9 March 2021). "Victoria Hotel: Remembering Bengaluru's forgotten heritage". The News Minute . Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ Varma, Nikhil (11 January 2018). "Cultivating a creative bond". The Hindu .
  16. 1 2 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.
  17. ↑ 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.
  18. ↑ 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.
  19. ↑ Lim, Richard (1 May 2013). The Rough Guide to Singapore. Rough Guides UK. ISBN   9781409330073 – via Google Books.
  20. ↑ Atiyah, Jeremy (16 May 2002). Southeast Asia. Rough Guides. ISBN   9781858288932 – via Google Books.
  21. 1 2 "US elections: Celebrations at Indian-American Pramila Jayapal's home in Bengaluru". Deccan Herald. 6 November 2020.
  22. ↑ "പ്രമീളയുടെ അമ്മയെ ഫോണിൽ വിളിച്ച് ബൈഡൻ 'സർപ്രൈസ്'". Malayala Manorama (in Malayalam). 8 November 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  23. ↑ Sharma, Swati (11 December 2016). "A woman of substance". Deccan Chronicle . Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  24. ↑ Sparling, Zane (26 February 2019). "Susheela Jayapal: New politico settles in on county board". Portland Tribune . Retrieved 5 February 2022.
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