First Indian Author Archived by US Library of Congress: Natya Chandrika's Contributions to Indian Dance Forms

Born in 1911, she was the daughter of a renowned physician and a Sanskrit scholar.

Row learned classical dance at a young age and went on to dominate the tennis circuit in India, winning several championships in the 1920s and 1930s.

In 1931, she won her first All India Championship title, and in 1934, she became the first Indian woman to win a match at Wimbledon.

Row married a civil servant in 1943, and later turned to writing and documenting art.

She continued to play exhibition matches during her time in the US but eventually retired from tennis to focus on her other passions.

The article is about an Indian author named Natya Chandrika who was the first Indian author to have a book archived by the US Library of Congress.

She wrote five books on Indian dance forms and posed for the illustrations to demonstrate the forms and movements.

She also wrote a book on the origins and techniques of the Manipuri dance form, which was well received.

She spent 20 years researching Indian dance forms and wrote five books on them.

In 1963, she wrote and bound a children's book herself, which was based on a Sanskrit poem written by her mother and illustrated with delicate line drawings in black.

The book is considered one of the most treasured possessions in the Asian Children's Literature collection in Singapore.

Row and her husband were passionate about the high mountains, and they went on treks to the mountains during their time in Nepal.

While on one of these treks, Row visited the Thyangboche monastery, which was the first visit of an Indian woman.

She called trekking up the Taboche ridge the biggest thrill of her life.

Her husband died in 1964 while they were on another trip to the Khumbu region.

There is little information on how and where Row spent her last years and on her surviving family members.

The article mentions that Row's extraordinary accomplishments have not made her a household name in India, and there is little research on her life.