And all is said memoir of a home divided

By:

Masani, Zareer

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi Penguin Books 2012Description: xii,236pISBN:

9780143417606(pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

954.035 MAS

Summary: In this unflinchingly candid memoir, Zareer Masani draws on the letters and diaries of his parents, charismatic politician Minoo Masani and his gifted wife Shakuntala, to paint an intimate portrait of two remarkable individuals and their prominent but very different families-the Masanis, Bombay Parsis, and the Srivastavas, UP Kayasths-united by marriage but divided by temperament, lifestyle and political affiliation. Minoo’s father Sir Rustom Masani was an ascetic scholar who scorned wealth and all the comforts it could buy. Shakuntala’s father, Sir J.P. Srivastava, arch-loyalist of the British Raj and viceregal councillor, made a fortune as a mill owner and brought up his daughter in the lap of hedonistic luxury. When the two fell in love and eloped, Minoo was a twice-divorced, left-wing Congress activist. Later, he became a founder of the pro-free-market Swatantra Party-a figure whom Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has described as his ideological inspiration-leader of the Opposition in Parliament and a tireless campaigner against global Communism.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Gratis Resources	Plaksha University Library	History	954.035 MAS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	19/11/2024	G000534

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In this unflinchingly candid memoir, Zareer Masani draws on the letters and diaries of his parents, charismatic politician Minoo Masani and his gifted wife Shakuntala, to paint an intimate portrait of two remarkable individuals and their prominent but very different families-the Masanis, Bombay Parsis, and the Srivastavas, UP Kayasths-united by marriage but divided by temperament, lifestyle and political affiliation. Minoo’s father Sir Rustom Masani was an ascetic scholar who scorned wealth and all the comforts it could buy. Shakuntala’s father, Sir J.P. Srivastava, arch-loyalist of the British Raj and viceregal councillor, made a fortune as a mill owner and brought up his daughter in the lap of hedonistic luxury. When the two fell in love and eloped, Minoo was a twice-divorced, left-wing Congress activist. Later, he became a founder of the pro-free-market Swatantra Party-a figure whom Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has described as his ideological inspiration-leader of the Opposition in Parliament and a tireless campaigner against global Communism.

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