An Indian Portia: Selected Writings of Cornelia Sorabji 1866 to 1954

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Cornelia Sorabji s writings provide a priceless and fascinating documentation of one of India's most outstanding women of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Her noble career and valuable archives have left behind a heritage to the people of India and their causes. Her truly extraordinary life of dedication to public service, evident from her writings and ceaseless hard work deserve to be acknowledged and publicised. This book achieves both. Cornelia Sorabji was a social reformer, an author and the first woman to practise law in India and Britain. By the time poor sight ended her work in India, she had helped many hundreds of wives, widows and orphans. She also successfully organized a League for Infant Welfare, Maternity and District Nursing. Kusoom Vadgama, Doctor of Optometry, was born in Nairobi, Kenya, and educated at the Government Indian Girl s High School. She studied the glory and history of the British Empire at school but her time outside was spent leading anti-British rallies at the height of the Free India and Quit India movements. In 1953 she came to Britain for further education and later went to Chicago for more studies. She also lived and worked in New York where she attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. In London she studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.