Social scientist K Saradamani dies

Thiruvananthapuram: Noted social scientist and thinker K Saradamani died at her residence at Ambalamukku here on Wednesday. She was 93. She died of age related ailments. Her mortal remains were cremated at Muttathara.

She had authored books, including Emergence of a Slave Caste, Pulayas of Kerala, Women in Paddy Cultivation: A study in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, Matriliny Transformed: Family Law and Ideology in Twentieth Century Travancore (a notable work on matrilineal succession (marumakkathayam), and edited the book titled The Scribe Remembered — N Gopinathan Nair — His Life and Times.

Saradamani had served at planning department of Delhi’s Indian Statistical Institute from 1961 and retired in 1988. Late N Gopinathan, the first editor of Janayugam, was her husband. She is survived by daughters Dr G Asha and G Arunima (KSHR). She had authored several research articles and essays. tnn