The scope of happiness : a personal memoir /
Pandit, Vijaya Lakshmi
The scope of happiness : a personal memoir / Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit - New Delhi : Speaking Tiger Publications, 2018. - xvii, 333 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
The Scope of Happiness is the autobiography of an outstanding world figure who was the sister, confidante, and lifelong political associate of India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru and the aunt of Indira Gandhi. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit participated in the Indian national struggle for freedom from its inception and was imprisoned three times. In this very personal view of the struggle for independence, she gives an evocative picture of the cultured and protected world in which she grew up in Anand Bhavan in Allahabad, conveying even the textures, aromas and sounds of her childhood home. She offers an unprecedented picture of life in India under British rule, with its rigorous restrictions and racial bigotry.
9789387693630
Autobiography
History --20th century --India
Politics and government --20th century
954.040924 / PAN
The scope of happiness : a personal memoir / Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit - New Delhi : Speaking Tiger Publications, 2018. - xvii, 333 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
The Scope of Happiness is the autobiography of an outstanding world figure who was the sister, confidante, and lifelong political associate of India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru and the aunt of Indira Gandhi. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit participated in the Indian national struggle for freedom from its inception and was imprisoned three times. In this very personal view of the struggle for independence, she gives an evocative picture of the cultured and protected world in which she grew up in Anand Bhavan in Allahabad, conveying even the textures, aromas and sounds of her childhood home. She offers an unprecedented picture of life in India under British rule, with its rigorous restrictions and racial bigotry.
9789387693630
Autobiography
History --20th century --India
Politics and government --20th century
954.040924 / PAN
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