Sharada Dwivedi ( 1942 – 6 February 2012) was an Indian author, historian and researcher. She wrote several books on the history and culture of both India and Mumbai (formerly Bombay). She was on the panel on the Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee.Heritage conservation
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Mumbai and later in her life, she developed a great affection for the city's

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stylings.

Education

Sharada Dwivedi completed her schooling at Queen Mary School, Mumbai, in Mumbai, and then graduated from the

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. She follow this with a degree in

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from the same university and with training in reference work in Paris.

Conservation work

Dwivedi was involved in several conservation projects in Mumbai and served as a member of the Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee. She was a member of the Executive Committee of the Urban Design Research Institute the KALA GHODA ASSOCIATION, and was a consultant to the Bombay Collaborative. In the early 1990s disgruntled with how authors were not being paid equitably, she started her own publishing company, Eminence Designs Pvt. Ltd. which has gone on to publish over 30 titles on a variety of subjects from Bombay history, art and architecture to cookery, beauty and film. Her book ''Almond Eyes & Lotus Feet'', authored with Shalini Devi Holkar, was subsequently published by Harper Collins in the US.

Death

Dwivedi died on 6 February 2012 in Mumbai, India after a brief illness.

Bibliography

Dwivedi's writings covered subjects such as art, architecture, interiors, heritage, conservation and the traditions of cuisine and beauty. DwivediSpectrum the Tribune, Sunday, March 18, 2012, Maximum love for Maximum City Michael Edison Hayden
/ref> wrote numerous articles on conservation and urban issues on Mumbai. Among these were: * ''Lives of the Indian Princes'' (1984) with Charles Allen * ''Reach for the Stars'' (1993) – the corporate history of Blue Star Ltd * ''The Broken Flute'' (1994) – a children's novel * ''The Maharaja'' (1999) * ''A Celebration of Style'' (2000) Abu Jani & Sandeep Khosla.

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