Research Catalog

Title

Reflections of an extraordinary era / Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee ; with a foreword by Vinayak Bhattacharjee ; translated from the Hindi by Maneesha Taneja.

Author

Bhattacharjee, Tara Gandhi

Publication

• London : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2012
• ©2012

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bhattacharjee, Vinayak
• Taneja, Maneesha

Description

xxviii, 113 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 21 cm

Summary

"The granddaughter of both Mahatma Gandhi and Rajaji, Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee spent her childhood among the freedom fighters and leaders who laid the foundation for an independent India. As a sprightly little girl growing up in Delhi in the 1940s, Tara bore witness to World War II, the tumultuous run-up to India's freedom, its tragic partition and Gandhi's assassination in 1949. The eldest child of Devadas and Lakshmi Gandhi, Tara remembers being part of Gandhi's evening prayers in Delhi, visiting him at the Aga Khan Palace, where he was put under house arrest along with Kasturba and his secretary Mahadev Desai, and later meeting him in Shimla during her summer break from school. Gandhi's Satyagrah, his efforts to end social disparities in Harijan Ashram, his compassion for anyone who came seeking advice, and his life as a family man, a parent and a grandfather, are all seen through the prism of a young Tara's impressions. At once inspiring and heart-warming, this is a book of small but priceless memories, and about being shaped by a pivotal era in the history of India"--Page four of cover.

Uniform Title

Asadharan yug ke sadharan din. English

Alternative Title

Asadharan yug ke sadharan din.

Subject

• Bhattacharjee, Tara Gandhi
• Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 > Influence
• Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 > Philosophy
• Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 > Family
• Gandhi family
• Statesmen > India > Biography
• Nationalists > India > Biography
• Passive resistance > India > History > 20th century
• Direct action > India > History > 20th century

Note

• "First published in India in Hindi as Asadharan Yug Ke Sadharan Din in 2009"--Title page verso.
• "First published in India in 2012 by Harpercollins Publishers India, a joint venture with The India Today Group"--Title page verso.
• "First published in the UK by HarpercollinsPublishers 2012"--Title page verso.

Language (note)

• Translated from Hindi.

Contents

Foreword -- Harijan Ashram -- Sewagram -- Aga Khan Palace -- Shimla -- Valmiki Ashram -- Birla House, 1947-48 -- Harilal Kaka, Manilal Kaka, Ramdas Kaka -- Women as victims in conflict areas and as promoters of peace -- Charkha: the hand spinning wheel -- A story about dolls -- The meaning of Swaraj -- Family trees -- Glossary.

Call Number

JFD 14-336

ISBN

• 0007929048 (hardcover)
• 9780007929047 (hardcover)

OCLC

813286456

Author

Bhattacharjee, Tara Gandhi, author.

Title

Reflections of an extraordinary era / Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee ; with a foreword by Vinayak Bhattacharjee ; translated from the Hindi by Maneesha Taneja.

Publisher

London : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2012

Copyright Date

©2012

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Language

Translated from Hindi.

Added Author

Bhattacharjee, Vinayak, writer of added commentary.

Taneja, Maneesha, translator.

Research Call Number

JFD 14-336