Dharma Kumar : A Great Scholar And An Eminent Economist ‘She was outgoing, garrulous and reveled in admiration. She was not the kind of woman I usually fell for. Her features were passable; she used no make-up or perfume. It was her animation which I found irresistible. Her legs and hands were never still. Her eyes sparkled as she spoke. Come to think of it, the only reason she responded to my overtures was that she was overwhelmed by my adoration. It was an entirely one-sided affair. I dedicated my second novel Nightingale to her, but I don’t think she bothered to read it. W omen like Dharma did not die; they faded out of memory like a lost dream ”. These words have been written by famous English writer and journalist Khushwant Sing. He had written this at the time of praying the tribute to such a scholar who was an eminent economist and Liberal, Dharma Kumar who was India’s leading Economic and Editor of Indian Economic and Social History review. She...