HOMAI VYARAWALLA , FIRST INDIAN FEMALE PHOTO JOURNALIST BORN 1913 DECEMBER 9
HOMAI VYARAWALLA , FIRST INDIAN FEMALE PHOTO JOURNALIST BORN 1913 DECEMBER 9 Homai Vyarawalla (9 December 1913 – 15 January 2012), commonly known by her pseudonym Dalda 13, was India's first woman photojournalist.[2][3] First active in the late 1930s, she retired in the early 1970s. In 2011, she was awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award of the Republic of India.[4] Homai Vyarawalla was born on 9 December 1913 at Pranjal Shah's house.[5] Personal life[edit source] Vyarawalla was married to Manekshaw Jamshetji Vyarawalla, an accountant and photographer for the Times of India.[6] In 1970, a year after her husband’s death, she gave up photography as she did not wish to work with the new generation paparazzi culture.[7] [8] Homai Vyarawalla then moved to Pilani, Rajasthan, with her only son, Farouq who taught at BITS Pilani. She returned to Vadodara (formerly Baroda) with her son in 1982.[9] After her son's death from cancer in 1989,...