Indian Diary of Vera Luboshinsky (1938-1945)

The Indian Diary of Vera Luboshinsky narrates life at the Indian princely court of Bhopal during the 1940s. Vera was the daughter of Professor M. J. Herzenstein, a member of the State Duma in pre-revolutionary Russia, and married to Count Mark Luboshinsky.

List of contents

• Introduction: At the Frontiers of Imagination


• 1: Winter 1938-1939


• 2: Spring 1939


• 3: Summer 1939


• 4: Autumn 1939


• 5: Winter 1940


• 6: Spring 1940


• 7: Summer 1940


• 8: Autumn 1940


• 9: Winter 1940-1941


• 10: Spring 1941


• 11: Summer 1941


• 12: Autumn 1941


• 13: Winter 1941-1942


• 14: Spring 1942


• 15: Summer 1942


• 16: Autumn 1942


• 17: Winter 1942-43


• 18: Spring 1943


• 19: Summer 1943


• 20: Autumn 1943


• 21: Winter 1943-1944


• 22: Spring 1944


• 23: Summer 1944


• 24: Autumn 1944


• 25: Winter 1944-1945


• 26: Spring - Winter 1945

About the author

Vera Luboshinsky (1897-1978) was a Russian lawyer and writer. Emigrating to Czechoslovakia after the Bolshevik coup and Mark's subsequent friendship with Hamidullah Khan, the Nawab of Bhopal, gave Vera the chance to live in one of India's most prominent princely states from 1938 to 1945. Fascinated by life in Bhopal, Vera was inspired to write her 'Indian Diary'. After returning from India to Czechoslovakia, Vera and Mark lived under another Communist power takeover. Vera's life ended in obscurity with no hope of returning to her earlier fortune.

Dušan Deák is Associate Professor at the Department of Comparative Religion, Comenius University in Bratislava. His research focuses on the social and religious history of Western India, and on the reception of Indian ideas and practices in Central Europe.

Rowenna Baldwin obtained her PhD in Sociology in 2011 from the University of Warwick. Her thesis focused on patriotic education in Russia and she has spent time teaching and researching there. Since 2016, Rowenna has been training in the field of documentary filmmaking and now works as an independent filmmaker.

Summary

The Indian Diary of Vera Luboshinsky narrates life at the Indian princely court of Bhopal during the 1940s. Vera was the daughter of Professor M. J. Herzenstein, a member of the State Duma in pre-revolutionary Russia, and married to Count Mark Luboshinsky.

Product details

• Authors: Vera Luboshinsky
• Assisted by: Rowenna Baldwin (Editor and translation), Dušan De^D'ak (Editor and translation), Dušan Deák (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.06.2024
• EAN: 9780192889690
• ISBN: 978-0-19-288969-0
• No. of pages: 438
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Diaries, letters & journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, India, Colonialism & imperialism, Madhya Pradesh, Social and cultural history, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, Diaries, letters and journals, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), HISTORY / Asia / South / India