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A Life Apart: An Autobiography

by Ira Pande
Publisher: Zubaan (2012)    |     ISBN 10: 9381017735    |     ISBN 13: 9789381017739
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"One of Hindi’s best known writers, Prabha Khaitan spent much of her life as the 'second’ woman in a long-term relationship with a married man. Born in a conservative Marwari family, she defied tradition and family expectations, insisting on living life as a single woman, setting up her own business and earning the respect of her peers and colleagues in the corporate world. Despite her yearning to be loved and cherished by the man to whom she gave her life, Prabha Khaitan lived life on her own terms. With a frankness that is rare in the world of Hindi autobiographical writing by women, Prabha Khaitan here speaks of her feelings, her sense of discomfort and unease at not being the 'legitimate’ woman, about what she gained and lost from a relationship that was generally frowned upon by society and how she fought to become her own woman. In doing so, she reflects on marriage, relationships, intimacy and distance, the professional and the personal, and the ways in which women are caught within these often conflicting forces."
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"Ira Pande started her career as a University lecturer and taught for about 16 years in the Panjab University in Chandigarh. After a short stint with the Indian Express she ......
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