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Of A Certain Age: Twenty Life Sketches
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Pages: 256 (Throughout B/W Illustrations)
About the Book Gandhi, Jayaprakash Narayan, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, M.S. Subbulakshmi and Jyoti Basu were defined by the epoch they lived in and they, in turn, defined it. Their legacies are part of our lore, not yet of our understanding. Of a Certain Age celebrates twenty such individuals with charming biographical stretches. Gopalkrishna Gandhi illuminates key moments in their lives with personal knowledge, conversations and correspondence. He offers us little known facts, conversations and correspondence. He offers little-known facts, vivid portrayals of their vulnerabilities and strengths and touches upon the qualities that made them the stuff of legend. In sketches that are sympathetic and frank, intimate and objective, Gopalkrishna Gandhi yses the public and political trajectories of these figures and explores the events that connect them to the broader horizon of history. Witten in elegant and fluid prose, of a certain Age provides valuable insights to understanding these remarkable men and womem who shaped events in the twentieth century and had a considerable impact on the subcontinent we know today. About the Author Gopalkrishna Gandhi was born in 1945 and did BA (Hons) and MA in english literature from St Stephens College, Delhi University. He joined the Indian Administrative service in 1968 and served in Tamil Nadu. He was secretary to the Governor of Tamil Nadu and to the Governor of Tamil Nadu and to the vice-president of India After taking voluntary retirement in 1992, Gandhi saw diplomatic service in London and was head of Indias diplomatic missions in South Africa, Lesotho, Sri Lanka, Norway and Iceland. He was secretary to president K.R. Narayanan from 1997 to 2000 and was Governor of West Bengal From December 2004 to
Product details
- Number of Pages:
- 256
- Release Date:
- 2011-08-15
- Publication Date:
- 2011-08-15
- Publisher:
- Viking (India)
- Languages:
- Published: English, Original: English
- ISBN10:
- 0670085022
- Weight:
- 500 g
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