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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780143416487 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
370.92 |
| Item number |
RAY |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Ray, Bharati |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Daughters: a story of five generations |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Penguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd. |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Haryana |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2011 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xvi, 318 p. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE |
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| Price type code |
INR |
| Price amount |
450.00 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
A chronicle of the lives of five generations of women in the author’s family, this fascinating story spans over a hundred years in its narrative sweep, from the late nineteenth century to the early years of the twenty-first. It mirrors and critiques the progress of a nation, its society and its women, seamlessly blending biography with social history. Sundar-ma, Bharati Ray’s great-grandmother, was married into a conservative household at twelve. Self-educated, because formal education was out of her reach, she was an intelligent, deeply thoughtful woman who witnessed some of the most tumultuous times in India’s history and actively participated in India’s freedom struggle. Ushabala, the author’s grandmother, was the proud wife of a college lecturer and a consummate homemaker, while Kalyani, Bharati Ray’s Ma, was the first woman in the family to get a college degree, but she gave up her studies and career to raise her children. Ma is lovingly described as feisty and irrepressible, a keen traveller and always ready for adventure. Kalyani’s academic successes heralded the author’s own remarkable achievements, first as a lecturer in Calcutta University, then as its first woman provice-chancellor and later as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha. Bharati Ray’s daughters, Khuku and Tista, both extremely bright, lead busy, fulfilling lives as academics. Translated from the Bengali bestseller Ekaal Sekaal, this is a candid, personal and immensely readable account of five generations of remarkable women. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Women college teachers |
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Women historians |
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India--Kolkata |
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Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type |
Book |