Kusum Nair

Kusum Nair (1919–1993) was an Indian journalist, and writer on agricultural policy from the cultural side. Her work challenged "agricultural fundamentalism". Blossoms in the Dust, a title taken from a 1941 film, was based on a journal from 1958, when she spent a year in Indian villages.

Life
She was born Kusum Prasad in Etah. 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.

Works

 * The Army of Occupation (1946)
 * Japan's Soviet Held Prisoners (1951)
 * Blossoms in the Dust: The Human Factor in Indian Development (1961)
 * The Lonely Furrow: Farming in the United States, Japan and India (1969)
 * Three Bowls of Rice; India and Japan: Century of Effort (1973)
 * In Defense of the Irrational Peasant: Indian Agriculture After the Green Revolution (1979)
 * Transforming Traditionally: Land and Labour Use in Asia and Africa (1983)