Sophia Wadia

Sophia Wadia, née Camacho, was a Colombian-born Indian theosophist, littérateur, the founder of PEN All India Centre and the founder editor of its journal, The Indian PEN. She also cofounded The Indian Institute of World Culture, Bangalore (now Bengaluru) and the Asian Book Trust, Bombay (now Mumbai).

Biography Sophia Camacho was born in 1901 in Colombia and did her education in her motherland, Paris, London and New York. In 1927, she met B. P. Wadia, an Indian theosophist on tour to European countries, was influenced by his philosophy and married him in 1928. The next year, she went to India with her spouse and got involved in his activities. and launched two journals, The India PEN and The Aryan Path. in 1936 and Preparation for Citizenship in 1941, the latter with foreword by Nobel Laureate, Rabindranath Tagore.

Sophia Wadia continued her social life after her husband's death in 1958 As a result, for the first time in human history, a World Constituent Assembly convened to draft and adopt the Constitution for the Federation of Earth.

Death She died on 27 April 1986, at the age of 85.