Author: Priti T Desai
Publisher: Stree
Year: 1999
Language: English
Pages: 137
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8185604258
Description
In this unusual book, twelve women, all middle class, some born just after Independence, talk frankly and sensitively about what their fathers meant to them.
Most women have found the relationship with their fathers to be the key one in helping them to step outside tradition, which remained identified with their mothers. In this unusual book, twelve women, all middle class, some born just after Independence, talk frankly and sensitively about what their fathers meant to them. Some have famous fathers: K K Hebbar, the artist; Shuksampatri Bhandari, the pioneer who compiled the first modern Hindi dictionary; and Bimal Roy, an early art filmmaker. The women found that though the relationship with their fathers largely shaped their lives and careers, stress, conflict and resentment were also entwined with support and encouragement.
Written with perception, detachment, appreciation and also searing bitterness, this book reveals many surprising aspects of this crucial relationship as well as insights on the mothers and the women themselves.
THE EDITORS:
PRITI T DESAI has just retired from her job with a company in Bombay.
NEELA D'SOUZA has taught history, written children's books and is a journalist.
SONAL SHUKLA is the coordinator of Vacha, a women's resources center, in Bombay.