Background
Narayanan was born Tint Tint in 1923, in Burma.
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Usha Narayanan
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Education
She attended Rangoon University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Career
Upon her husband"s assumption of the presidency, Narayanan became India"s second foreign-born first lady. She played a key role in women social welfare activities initiated by the presidency. Thereafter, she worked as a lecturing tutor at the Department of Burmese Language and Literature.
She continued her graduate studies at the Delhi School of Social Work through a scholarship, earning a Master of Arts degree with a specialty in juvenile delinquency.
Ma Tint Tint was active in the Young Women’s Christian Association and on hearing that Narayanan was a student of Laski, approached him to speak on political freedom before her circle of acquaintances. Their marriage needed a special dispensation from Nehru per Indian law, because Narayanan was in the Institute for Fiscal Studies and she was a foreigner.
Ma Tint Tint adopted the Indian name Usha and became an Indian citizen. She also translated and published several Burmese short stories.
A collection of translated stories by Thein Pe Myint, titled Sweet and Sour, appeared in 1998.
They have two daughters, Chitra Narayanan (Indian ambassador to Switzerland and The Holy See) and Amrita. She died at the age of 86 on 24 January 2008 at 5:30 pm, at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.
