Mrinalini Sisodia Wadhwa

2021-22 Laidlaw Scholar, Columbia University
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About Mrinalini Sisodia Wadhwa

I am an alumna of the 2021-22 Columbia Laidlaw Scholars cohort, and graduated from Columbia (CC'24) with majors in History and Mathematics. My Laidlaw research centered on the women's movement in early twentieth-century British India. My first summer focused on the Indian writer, educator, and activist Mahadevi Varma, and my second summer focused on networks of women from across the British empire attending the Oxford in the 1910s-30s at the Unstable Archives Project.

I am a/an:

Undergraduate Leadership & Research Scholar

University

Columbia University

Laidlaw Cohort Year

2021

Research Topic

French Studies History Literature South Asian Studies

Area of Expertise

Humanities Law Mathematics Social Sciences

I am from:

India United States of America

I speak:

English French Hindi Spanish Urdu

My hobbies/interests are:

Art Badminton Hiking/walking Meditation Reading Swimming

I am open to participating in mentoring/buddy programmes

Yes

Intro Content

Poster Presentation

Of 'Representative Women' and 'Women Representatives': Debating Women's Reservations in India's Last Colonial Constitution, 1930-35

My project this summer was an extension of my research as a Laidlaw Scholar. It focuses on debates over women's reservations in India's last colonial constitution—an issue that takes on new resonances as India's parliament moves to reserve a third of Parliament seats for female candidates in 2023.

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Popular Content

Topics

Channels contributed to:

News & Events Arts & Humanities Social Sciences Research

Rooms participated in:

Columbia University

Recent Comments

A thousand congratulations to @Luiza Diniz Vilanova !! This is so incredibly well-deserved!!!

Thank you all so much!! Very very grateful for the Laidlaw community (at Columbia and beyond!) and the wonderful two years spent in the program. 

Comment on Gegenava – Poster

This is so interesting—congratulations, Lika!

This is so interesting, Suan! Congratulations on a wonderful project and poster. :)

Thank you so much, Eleanor! And congratulations on your wonderful poster and project! :)

Cath, I'm only just discovering your comment!! Thank you so much for your kind words and for taking the time out to look at the project—and it's also so interesting to hear about your perspective on this as an English student. All the best for your own research! I'm definitely looking forward to continuing this all and seeing what everyone does next summer. :)