Of Colonial Bungalows and Piano Lessons - An Indian Woman''s Memoirs

Of Colonial Bungalows and Piano Lessons can be read as a metaphor - as an icon - of the encounter between cultures. The memoir is based on Monica Chanda's recollections between about 1913 and 1927, of life in Calcutta, districts of undivided Bengal, holidays in Kashmir and in Europe. She presents facts and situations as she saw them - though the

List of contents

1. A day in Noakhali 2. A minor disaster and a major storm 3. Rungpore 4. Touring with father 5. Life at home 6. Shillong days 7. Excitement at school 8. On to Dacca 9. Entertainment at home and on the river 10. Chinsurah 11. Mother Germaine – and Gippy 12. Family ties 13. Dada’s marriage 14. Piano lessons again 15. The river once more 16. Days with Dinko 17. Calcutta years 18. An up–country holiday 19. A beautiful valley and a palace 20. Reflections on a bureaucrat’s life 21. Our European sojourn 22. London and beyond 23. Endnotes 24. Family tree of Jnanendra Nath and Sarala

About the author

MALAVIKA KARLEKAR is Monica Chanda's younger daughter. She has a deep interest in women’s memoirs and family photographs and has worked extensively in these areas.

Summary

Of Colonial Bungalows and Piano Lessons can be read as a metaphor — as an icon — of the encounter between cultures. The memoir is based on Monica Chanda’s recollections between about 1913 and 1927, of life in Calcutta, districts of undivided Bengal, holidays in Kashmir and in Europe. She presents facts and situations as she saw them — though the

Product details

• Authors: Malavika Karlekar
• Assisted by: Malavika Karlekar (Editor), Karlekar Malavika (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.06.2024
• EAN: 9781032653679
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3265367-9
• No. of pages: 182
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Memoirs, India, c 1910 to c 1919, c 1920 to c 1929, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), HISTORY / Asia / South / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General