Leftists politics; her father Dr A. P. de Zoysa was a member of the State Council and her mother Eleanor Hutton came from a family of strong feminists, socialists and anti-colonist. Her grandmother, Sarah Bewick, was a suffragette. She was senior Fellow of the Institute of Graduate Studies at University of Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2006. Kumari defines her life and work as based on the ideals of Marxism, feminism and secularism. Her published works include The Rise of the Labour Movement in Ceylon; Ethnic and Class Conflicts in Sri Lanka; Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World; The white Woman’s other Burden; Nobodies to Somebodies: The Rise of the Bourgeoisie in Sri Lanka and The Erasure of the Euro-Asian. Formats The book has been published in paperback, hardcover, e-book and a kindle edition: Paperback: Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World (1986). Zed Books. Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World (2016). Verso Books. Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World (1986). Kali for Women. Hardcover: Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World (1986). Zed Books. E-book: Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World (2016). Verso Books. Kindle editions: Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World (2016). Verso Books. Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World (2016). Verso Books. Arabic version: Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World (2016). الرحبة للنشر والتوزيع سورية. Academic reception Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World was reviewed by Caroline Ramazanoglu for the Women’s Studies International Forum who criticizes the lack of in-depth research regarding certain countries as opposed to others and how information is organised in a scattered manner in certain chapters but attributes this to the broad range of countries covered. Another review in the Journal of Comparative Family Studies criticizes how certain chapters such as Iran and Afghanistan are brief while others such as China and India are more detailed and thorough. The review points to the historic significance of upper and middle-class women’s access to literature in influencing the contents of the book and the work is further criticized for a lack of explicit explanation regarding the interconnected of the economy, the politics and the family. However, it is acknowledged that Kumari has forewarned about the flaws of her work and she is praised for her success in writing a foundational piece of literature that successfully challenges the Eurocentric view of feminism and sets a precedence for future scholars