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Maya Jayapal (born 1941) is an Indian historian, author, columnist, teacher, and
counselor .
Jayapal is from
Palakkad ,
Kerala , India.
[1] She moved from
Chennai to
Bengaluru to attend college in 1955,
[2]
[3] and graduated from
Mount Carmel College, Bangalore .
[4]
[1] After her marriage to MP Jayapal,
[5]
[6] she resided in Bengaluru for a decade before moving to
Jakarta ,
Indonesia , for 11 years and then
Singapore for 13 years.
[7]
[5] Since 1993, Jayapal has lived in Bengaluru.
[2]
Jayapal is the author of several books, including Bangalore: Roots and Beyond and Bangalore: The Story of A City .
[2]
[8] Bangalore: The Story of A City was released in 1997
[9]
[10] during the commemoration of the 460th anniversary of the city,
[11] and includes her research about the Victoria Hotel
[12] and the BRV theatre.
[13] 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.
[14] While residing in Singapore, Jayapal expanded presentations she gave on the history of Singapore into a book,
[15] Old Singapore , based on collections of letters and memoirs.
[16]
[17]
[18]
[19]
Jayapal has cited
Jane Austen ,
Amitav Ghosh , and
Yaa Gyasi as influences.
[15]
Her daughter,
Pramila Jayapal , is a member of the
U.S. House of Representatives and the first Indian-American woman elected to the House.
[20]
[21]
[5]
[22] Her elder daughter
Susheela Jayapal resides in
Portland, Oregon ,
[7] and is the first Indian-American to serve on the
Multnomah County Board of Commissioners .
[23]
Jayapal lives in
Langford Town in
Bangalore .
[20]
Old Singapore (1992)
Old Jakarta (1993)
Bangalore: The story of a city (1997)
Bangalore: Roots and Beyond (2014)
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"We are proud of her victory, say Pramila Jayapal's parents" .
The New Indian Express . 10 November 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2022 .
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c Datta, Sravasti (2 July 2014).
"The real Bangalore" .
The Hindu . Retrieved 5 February 2022 .
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"Bring bygone B'lore into classrooms" .
Times of India . 12 November 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2022 .
^ Shekhar, Divya (25 November 2016).
"Author Maya Jayapal feels a graciousness about Bengaluru that is not found elsewhere" . The Economic Times .
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c Murali, Janaki (19 November 2016).
"Indian American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal's parents: 'She's interested in social justice' " .
Firstpost . Retrieved 5 February 2022 .
^ Joseph, George (11 November 2016).
"The making of the first Indian-American woman in US House of Representatives" .
Rediff.com . Retrieved 5 February 2022 .
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"Pramila Jayapal has a close city-connect" .
The Hindu . 2 December 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2022 .
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" 'Bangalore's history is missing from texts' " .
Times of India . 25 April 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2022 .
^ Nagendra, Harini (7 July 2016).
Nature in the City: Bengaluru in the Past, Present, and Future . Oxford University Press.
ISBN
9780199089680 – via Google Books.
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"Indian Review of Books" . Acme Books Pvt. Limited. 16 May 1998 – via Google Books.
^ Moona, Suresh (28 February 2019).
"Bangalore in books" .
The Hindu . Retrieved 5 February 2022 .
^ Deshpande, Sanjana (9 March 2021).
"Victoria Hotel: Remembering Bengaluru's forgotten heritage" .
The News Minute . Retrieved 5 February 2022 .
^ 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 .
^ Varma, Nikhil (11 January 2018). "Cultivating a creative bond".
The Hindu – via ProQuest.
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b 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 .
^ 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 .
^ 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.
^ Lim, Richard (1 May 2013).
The Rough Guide to Singapore . Rough Guides UK.
ISBN
9781409330073 – via Google Books.
^ Atiyah, Jeremy (16 May 2002).
Southeast Asia . Rough Guides.
ISBN
9781858288932 – via Google Books.
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"US elections: Celebrations at Indian-American Pramila Jayapal's home in Bengaluru" . Deccan Herald . 6 November 2020.
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"പ്രമീളയുടെ അമ്മയെ ഫോണിൽ വിളിച്ച് ബൈഡൻ 'സർപ്രൈസ്' " .
Malayala Manorama (in Malayalam). 8 November 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022 .
^ Sharma, Swati (11 December 2016).
"A woman of substance" .
Deccan Chronicle . Retrieved 5 February 2022 .
^ Sparling, Zane (26 February 2019).
"Susheela Jayapal: New politico settles in on county board" .
Portland Tribune . Retrieved 5 February 2022 .
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