A colorful imaginative re-telling supposedly based on factful research, The Secret Diary of Kasturba builds on what it meant to be Kasturba Gandhi, the wife of Mahatma Gandhi. At its best, its an interesting book, that tries to present Mahatma Gandhi in a different...
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The story of India’s most celebrated Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib retold by Gulzar, one of the most famous Urdu poets of the modern era, this book outlines the life and times of Mirza Ghalib. A figure that remains the subject of much intrigue and romanticism even after...
Jagjit Singh, the ghazal king of India, was a singer, composer, arranger, lyricist, all rolled into one. Besides which he was a brother, friend, husband, and above all a father. I was in my second year of college when suddenly the tv in the activity room declared...
South Africa (The Cape Colony, Natal, Orange Free State, South African Republic, and All Other Territories South of the Zambesi)
by George McCall Theal
