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Just One Lifeand other stories
Manju KakManju Kak has a Ph.D. in the History of Art and has been a teacher. As a curator and researcher herwork has been in the field of visual ethnography and culture, particularly of the Himalayas. Her shortstories, articles, critical reviews have appeared in several anthologies, journals and newspapers since1989. She has also been engaged in grass-root and other development issues with women’s organizations.
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Size : 140mm x 215mm
Pages : xi+179pp
Year : 2014
Binding : Paperback
ISBN : 9788188861170
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Manju Kak delves into the lives of ordinary people,mostly from India, revealing the nuances of theirexistence with a mix of engaging humour andcompassion. The cross-section are after the under-privileged and the dispossessed. From thedepressive visionary Inquilaab is search of anincorruptible India, one that no longer exists, to ayoung boy in a boarding school dealing with hismother ’s cancer, to the angry Mrs Lambareminiscing about her youth in pre-Partition Lahore,these stories collectively span the cycle of life, fromchildhood to old age. Often enough an almostelegiac sadness hovers, as if the author is regretfulof the times we now live in. Significantly, many ofthe protagonists are women – the mother-in-lawdaughter-in-law duo in ‘Twilight’ the lonelyhousewife in ‘By the River’, the spinster in ‘SplitSecond’ – who struggle to express their identity, aquest that has stamped feminist history this pastcentury. Taken as a whole, the collection leaves afragrance that lingers long after closing the pagesof the book.
Just One Lifeand other storiesManju Kak
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CONTENTSForeword Nayantara SahgalIntroductionJust One LifeA Pillar of SocietyA Valentine for Mrs. LambaAmmaArtist WomanBy the RiverDamini BhabhiRitaSplit SecondFive WomenProfessor MemsaabThe Efficacy of LoveTwilightBlessed Are My SonsGirgitRequiem for an Unsung RevolutionaryThe PrizeWhere Will You Be?When I ReturnThe Man Next DoorShyam Bhai
