Sound and Picture Archives for Research on Women or SPARROW is an archive of
Indian women's history located in
Dahisar,
Mumbai. The archive contains print, visual, photographic and film materials related to women's history in India. The archive, which was founded in 1988 by Tamil feminist writer
C. S. Lakshmi
C. S. Lakshmi (born 1944) is an Indian feminist writer and independent researcher in women's studies from India. She writes under the pseudonym Ambai.
Personal life
Lakshmi was born in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu in 1944. She grew up in Mumbai and ...
, is the largest archive of women's history in India.
The archive collects oral history, personal papers, recorded speeches, photographers, posters, songs, art work etc. It also makes documentary films on women who have been agents of change in different fields.
References
External links
SPARROW website
Archives in India
History of women in India
1988 establishments in Maharashtra
Women in Mumbai
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