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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Freda_BediFreda Bedi - Wikipedia

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   Freda Bedi (born Freda Marie Houlston; 5 February 1911 – 26 March 1977), also known as Sister Palmo or Gelongma Karma Kechog Palmo, was an English-Indian social worker, writer, Indian nationalist and Buddhist nun.

   • Nationality: British
   • Other names: Sister Palmo

   • Occupation: Social worker, writer, translator
   • Children: Gulhima Bedi, Kabir Bedi, Ranga Bedi

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3. www.bbc.co.uk › news › world-asia-india-46943612The British woman who fought for India's freedom - BBC News

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   Mar 7, 2019 · These were the words of Freda Bedi, an English woman who overcame prejudice to marry an Indian Sikh and went on to challenge Indian notions about the role of a woman and a wife. Freda and her...

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   Sep 22, 2019 · Meet The Extraordinary Freda Bedi: An English Woman Who Fought For India's Freedom. An English champion of Indian nationalism, Freda Bedi delighted in confounding accepted definitions of identity. Andrew Whitehead Updated: Sep 22, 2019 11:14:19 IST. Freda and BPL's engagement photograph, 1933.

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   Who is Freda Bedi?

   • Freda Bedi (born Freda Marie Houlston; 5 February 1911 – 26 March 1977), also known as Sister Palmo or Gelongma Karma Kechog Palmo, was an English-Indian social worker, writer, Indian nationalist and Buddhist nun.

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   What makes Freda Bedi so beguiling?

   • She delighted in challenging convention and confounding expectations - that is what makes her story so beguiling. Andrew Whitehead is a former BBC India correspondent. The Lives of Freda: the political, spiritual and personal journeys of Freda Bedi is published by Speaking Tiger.

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   What did Freda Bedi learn in Rangoon?

   • Freda Bedi briefly served as a member of the United Nations Social Services Planning Commission to Burma, during which she was first exposed to Buddhism, which quickly became the defining aspect of her life. In Rangoon she learned vipassana from Mahasi Sayadaw, and Sayadaw U Titthila.

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   Who was BPL Bedi?

   • BPL Bedi, a handsome and cheerful Punjabi, was a regular there. A friendship developed into intellectual collaboration and, within months, Freda and BPL were a couple. In the early 1930s, women's colleges at Oxford were obsessed with sex or rather with preventing it.

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6. www.fredabedi.comFreda Bedi - The Lives of Freda

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   This biography of the remarkable Freda Bedi - Oxford communist, Indian nationalist, Tibetan nun - is published by Speaking Tiger. This site gives you news of the book and reviews of it, excerpts from it, and photos and details of Freda Bedi's exceptional and inspiring life. You can order the The Lives of Freda direct from the publishers here

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   Never heard of Freda Bedi? You’re not alone. Though she’s a heroine of sorts in India—known to generations of Tibetans as “Mummy-la,” to others as the tall, blue-eyed Englishwoman who fought for Indian independence and was jailed as a Gandhi satyagrahi—she is virtually unknown in the West.

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9. fpmt.org › in-depth-stories › freda-bedis-big-lifeFreda Bedi’s ‘Big’ Life: An Interview with Vicki Mackenzie

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   Freda Bedi, born in 1911 in England, lived a “big” life. She attended Oxford University, where she met and married Baba Pyare Lal Bedi, who was the sixteenth direct descendant of Guru Nanak, founder of the Sikh religion.

10. www.wikiwand.com › en › Freda_BediFreda Bedi - Wikiwand

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    Freda Bedi, also known as Sister Palmo or Gelongma Karma Kechog Palmo, was an English-Indian social worker, writer, Indian nationalist and Buddhist nun. She was jailed in British India as a supporter of Indian nationalism and was the first Western woman to take full ordination in Tibetan Buddhism.