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'''Kusum Nair''' (1919–1993) was an Indian journalist, and writer on agricultural policy from the cultural side.<ref>[http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~dludden/bibessay.htm The Agrarian History of South Asia: A Bibliographic Essay<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Her work challenged "agricultural fundamentalism".<ref>Donald E. Voth, ''An Overview of International Development Perspectives in History: Focus on Agricultural and Rural Development''[http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/123456789/20287/1/sp040005.pdf (PDF)], p. 24.</ref> ''Blossoms in the Dust'', a title taken from a [[Blossoms in the Dust|1941 film]], was based on a journal from 1958, when she spent a year in Indian villages.<ref>[http://ags.ou.edu/~bwallach/documents/Losing%20Asia%20-%20Ch%204.pdf (PDF)], p. 4.</ref><br />
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==Life==<br />
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She was born Kusum Prasad in [[Etah]].<ref>[http://www.north-trek.com/genealogy/database/d123.htm#P2228 Hewitt's of White Oak and Collateral Families<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Her early work dealt with Indian politics, and the [[Bombay Naval Mutiny]] of 1946. A [[Congress Socialist Party]] member, she was involved in the mutiny's planning.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/sangat/British.htm |title=Pakistani Women In A Changing Society<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=10 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060826213018/http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/sangat/British.htm |archive-date=26 August 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
*''The Army of Occupation'' (1946)<br />
*''Japan's Soviet Held Prisoners'' (1951)<br />
*''Blossoms in the Dust: The Human Factor in Indian Development'' (1961)<br />
*''The Lonely Furrow: Farming in the United States, Japan and India'' (1969)<br />
*''Three Bowls of Rice; India and Japan: Century of Effort'' (1973)<br />
*''In Defense of the Irrational Peasant: Indian Agriculture After the Green Revolution'' (1979)<br />
*''Transforming Traditionally: Land and Labour Use in Asia and Africa'' (1983)<br />
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==References==<br />
*John Adams, ''Obituary: Kusum Nair (1919-1993)'', The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 53, No. 3 (Aug., 1994), pp.&nbsp;1046–1048<br />
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*[http://www.britannica.com/eb/author?id=2105 As ''Britannica'' contributor]<br />
*[http://www.biblio.com/blossoms-in-the-dust-the-by-nair-kusum/work/1365511 Biblio.com]<br />
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