Krupabai satthianadhan biography of abraham lincoln author

Krupabai Satthianadhan was one of the first Indian women to write in English, and certainly the first woman novelist in English from India.

As her novels were translated into Tamil, Krupabai, thus, gets included in the list of Tamil writers by few researchers. Krupabai is regarded as the writer who portrayed lives of 19th-century women from feminist perspective. Both her parents were born in the Brahmin community but converted themselves to Christianity. However, Bhaskar passed away at an young age.

This created a major void in Krupabai's life. As Krupabai was in grief due to Bhaskar's death, two Christian white women comforted her and took responsibility for her education. Krupabai travelled to Mumbai for her studies, met an American female doctor and developed an interest in medicine. Krupabai, being a bright student, moved to Chennai alone at the age of 16 to study medicine at Madras Medical College with scholarships from those two white women.

Krupabai joined Madras Medical College in but, she did not complete her medical course due to tuberculosis issue. At the age of 16, Krupabai moved to Chennai alone to study medicine at Madras Medical College with scholarships from two white women.

Krupabai was born to Haripunt and Radhabai Khisty, Hindu converts to Christianity, in Ahmednagar, then in the Bombay Presidency, on 14 February Her father died when she was still a child, and she was brought up by her mother and elder brother, Bhasker.

In Chennai, she stayed with the family of renowned missionary Reverend W. Krupabai joined Madras Medical College in She contracted tuberculosis during her medical practice. Krupabai shifted to Ooty without completing her medical course and engaged in academic works there. Krupabai's tuberculosis was under control in Ooty. She penned her early articles and stories from there.

Samuel and Krupabai shifted to Rajahmundry after 3 years.