Vol , Issue Date of Publication: December 21, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20529/IJME.2024.087

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Anita Ghai (1958-2024): Critical disability studies scholar and activist

Rachana Johri
Abstract:

It has been just over a week since I received the news that my dear friend Anita Ghai was in the ICU. The next day she had left us. I had known Anita for over four decades since our days as undergraduate students of Psychology at Indraprastha College. Knowing Anita was a transformative experience. It was through our many conversations that I began to have some sense of living with a disabled body in an ableist world.


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  1. Prof. Sujata Bhan
    Department of Special Education SNDT Women’s University Mumbai , India
    22 December 2024

    Gone too soon. A huge loss to the Disability sector. She was part of our many National Programs. May her onward journey be peaceful

    • Affiliation: Department of Special Education SNDT Women’s University Mumbai
    • Country: India
  2. Shilpaa Anand
    BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus , India
    22 December 2024

    Thank you for writing this obituary, Prof. Johri! Prof. Ghai’s Hypatia essay on disability being an excluded agenda of Indian feminism was a transformative read for those of us beginning in disability studies in the early 2000s.
    Take care.

    • Affiliation: BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus
    • Country: India
  3. Sanghmitra Acharya
    Jawaharlal Nehru University , India
    24 December 2024

    Irreparable loss to the field of disability studies. But her work shall continue to inspire

    • Affiliation: Jawaharlal Nehru University
    • Country: India
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