India’s first female anthropologist (Irawati Karve)

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In Nazi-era Germany, this Indian woman did the unthinkable.

Born in 1905, Irawati Karve became India’s first female anthropologist. Studying under a Nazi professor who demanded she prove racial superiority, she chose science over propaganda — and disproved him.

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Penalised, she returned to India to document real lives and fight bias.

Her legacy matters. Share her story.

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