Homai Vyarawalla

Homai Vyarawalla
Born(1913-12-09)9 December 1913
Navsari, Bombay state, British India
Died15 January 2012(2012-01-15) (aged 98)
Vadodara, Gujarat, India
NationalityIndian
EducationSir J. J. School of Art
OccupationPhotojournalist
SpouseManekshaw Vyarawala (d. 1969)
ChildrenFarouq

Homai Vyarawalla (9 December 1913 – 15 January 2012), commonly known by her pseudonym Dalda 13, was India's first woman photojournalist.[1][2] She began her career in 1938 working for the Bombay Chronicle, capturing images of daily life in the city. Vyarawalla worked for the British Information Services from the 1940s until 1970 when she retired.[3] In 2011, she was awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award of the Republic of India.[4][5] She was amongst the first women in India to join a mainstream publication when she joined The Illustrated Weekly of India.[6][7] A pioneer in her field, Vyarawalla died at the age of 98. Google doodle honoured India's "First Lady of the lens" in 2017 with a tapestry of Indian life and history drawn by guest doodler Sameer Kulavoor.

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  6. ^ Joseph, Ammu (2016). "India: What You See is Not What You Get". In Byerly, Carolyn M. (ed.). The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Journalism. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 391–. ISBN 978-1-137-27324-6. OCLC 920966834. Retrieved 5 June 2018 – via Google Books.
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