Illustration of Bhadravati talking to Suniti – Image
| Series name | Prose: The Conversations of Cow |
| Description | This black and white illustration depicts the two main characters from Suniti Namjoshi’s 1985 fable, ‘The Conversations of Cow’ (The Women’s Press, London) talking to each other. In this scene Bhadravati, the Brahmini cow, has metamorphosed into a man. The illustration was created by American feminist writer and artist, Mary Meigs (1917-2002). The drawings were not used in the final publication of the book |
| Date of Creation / Publication | 1985 |
| Creator | Meigs, Mary |
| Associated Person/ Organisation | Namjoshi, Suniti |
| Location | Toronto |
| Collection and Reference Number | Suniti Namjoshi Collection (GB 2661 SN) |
| Catalogue Number | SN/PR/CC/13 |
| Copyright | The Creator and/ or the associated person or organisation where applicable. |
| Access to originals | The originals are located with Suniti Namjoshi and at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto, Canada. |
| Series notes | The digital material in this file relates to Suniti Namjoshi's satirical fable, The Conversations of Cow (The Women's Press Limited, 1985). The images include an extract from the book, a hand-written transcript and twelve drawings, intended as illustrations, by Mary Meigs. |
| Collection notes | The digitised material in the Suniti Namjoshi Collection features extracts of several published books, including poetry novels and fables. It also includes black and white family photographs and pencil drawings of (unused) illustrations for her novel 'The Conversations of Cow', as well as an extract of an interview transcript. |
