Maya Subrahmanian
Maya S. (Maya Subrahmanian or S. Maya, born 1974) is an Indian author and academic from Kerala.[1] She was active in the women’s movement in Kerala for a few years from 1996, and later she became interested in studying more on feminist theory, philosophy, sociology etc., and thus joined for PhD research. During her research at a social science department, she wrote articles of social critique in weeklies and magazines from a feminist point of view, which were compiled as a book in 2008.[2] After further research in Germany with an Erasmus Mundus fellowship, she returned to India and joined a teaching job in Kerala. Currently she teaches philosophy at Sree Kerala Varma College at Thrissur, affiliated to University of Calicut.[3]
Education and Career
She got a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and then she was more interested in pursuing humanities, since she thought that would give her more knowledge for her activist life as a feminist. She took an M A in philosophy and Sociology. Then she joined for PhD at School of Social Sciences - Mahatma Gandhi University, and taught there as a temporary/guest lecturer for some years after writing her thesis.[4] During this period, she was also active in the women’s movement, and participated in protests for Dalit women workers who were on strike demanding land rights in around Kottayam.[5] Later she pursued post-doctoral research abroad and took another PhD in Sociology at Albert-Ludwig University, Freiburg in Germany. [6] She has written academic papers on women and gender issues, as well as on the history and relevance of women’s activism.[7]
Writings
She has published a book on her research in Germany on diaspora culture and gender.[8] She also wrote on Indian women’s issues in a comparative mode with Indian women living abroad. Her writings appeared in German magazines which opted to discuss third world issues. [9] Her works were cited in German and Malayalam journals published by the Malayali diaspora from Germany. [10] She was writing socio-political articles on philosophical and feminist analyses of current issues in Kerala in Malayalam magazines and newspapers.[11] Her articles of socio-political critique appeared on online Malayalam journals too.[12] A second book of Malayalam articles titled Dambathyethara Sahajeevitham by her is also published in 2021.[13] In a recent talk based on the book, she explained the need for restructuring the non-democratic patriarchal family worldwide, for solving the issues of inequalities based on gender.[14]
A collection of poems by her was also published as a book named Ihaparajnaanam in 2010 by Paridhi Publishers. She seldom writes poems in popular periodicals and little magazines including online magazines.[15] She has written fiction in Malayalam along with her academic writings. Her debut novel named Madhyavenalavadhikku was serialised in Samakalika Malayalam Varika during 2008-2009. This novel was published as a book in 2011.[16] The novel dealt with the issues of inter-religious marriage in India and depicted the life of a feminist woman who divorced within a year of such a marriage, due to differences of opinion with her partner on politics and the practice of gender inside the institution of family. Later in a talk for a book review program she pointed out that it was related to her own life experiences.[17]
References
[1] https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maya-Subrahmanian
[2] http://www.indulekha.com/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=maya%20s&product_id=1459
[3] https://keralavarma.ac.in/content/maya-s
[4] https://mgutheses.in/page/?q=T%201865&search=Social+Science&page=2&rad=all#Page
[5] http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/estate-workers-blocking-road/article1314814.ece
[6] https://freidok.uni-freiburg.de/fedora/objects/freidok:10780/datastreams/FILE2/content
[7] Autonomous Women's Movement in Kerala: Historiography
[8] https://www.amazon.in/Changing-perspectives-Indian-diaspora-Germany/dp/8193070380
[9] https://www.iz3w.org/zeitschrift/ausgaben/340_brasilien/frauenprosteste?searchterm=Maya+Subrahmanian
[10] https://caritas.erzbistum-koeln.de/meine-welt/detail/Fruehjahr2018brManche-sorgen-sich-um-ihre-kulturelle-Identitaet/
[11] https://www.madhyamam.com/opinion/articles/covid-19-cases-india-opinion/680891?fbclid=IwAR13AfR1jF6KuxdMK9wuHc53VTfRWZGKNMlDHdI20csWdy7ArYfjZbYW3mU
https://www.madhyamam.com/opinion/articles/proffesional-education-sector-india-malayalam-article/661464?fbclid=IwAR15knLkUutvCU3iqI71ll2OYVVxcZkjEbEvTJnPhy9fujmwBsYMvPEYwlA
https://www.madhyamam.com/opinion/articles/students-protest-various-issues-malayalam-article/664522?fbclid=IwAR0bOjFTtJ2-UVhIHnv0k0xUo7zsiScWPDbJLpoe3QGFgSmIBB_Cbl8eSf0
[12] https://navamalayali.com/2018/11/29/sabarimala-maya-s/?fbclid=IwAR2qASVP8z0lmC9CG8NxG341sfvVXiFvX2ekTE_w-P9zm9ug3haF0hzAmTQ
[13] https://keralabookstore.com/books-by/Dr-Maya-S/7056/
[14] https://www.facebook.com/KolkataKairaliSamajam/videos/492039585184343/
[15] https://www.aksharamonline.com/home/articles/poetry/dr-maya-s/20-07-30-01-08-5527846617-poetrydr-maya-s
[16] https://dcbookstore.com/authors/maya-s
https://ebooks.dcbooks.com/madhyavenalavadhikku
[17] https://www.facebook.com/ManaveeyamTheruvidam/videos/285505349335644/
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