0
17 years of experience17 years of Excellence
SUBJECTS
ADV. SEARCH
Indian Books on Discounts
  About Me: Apni Khabar
 

About Me: Apni Khabar

by Pandey Bechan Sharma (Tr. Ruth Vanita)

  Price : Rs 250.00
  Your Price : Rs 195.00
Discount
22
In Stock
  ‘To save me from following in the footsteps of my older brothers who had taken the road to the next world, it was decided . . . to sell me as soon as I was born. No part of the money that was the price of my life fell to my share. All I got was the name pinned on me like a badge, which indicated my sold status —Bechan.’



Pandey Bechan Sharma Ugra’s memoir, Apni Khabar, is considered to be the first autobiography written in modern Hindi that displays a striking originality in its tone and style. It marked a radical departure from the established autobiographical and biographical conventions of its time, and is now regarded as an example of a new genre of writing because of its intrinsic modernity and individualism. An eccentric and controversial writer Ugra was familiar with many prominent men of his day including Premchand and Nirala. That he gloried in his extremism is evident in his choice of a pen-name (ugra means ‘extreme’), and also in his tendency to wilfully damage his reputation and social standing. As a child he was expelled from school; and as an adult, he defied everyone’s advice when he published stories on male homosexuality. Translated for the first time into English by Ruth Vanita, About Me depicts Ugra’s exploration of the making of the modern, North Indian, male intellectual self, with layers drawn from urban and rural, orthodox and radical, Hindu and Muslim cultures.


Beginning with his birth in 1900, Ugra intimately describes worlds that have either disappeared or been transformed beyond recognition, such as those of indigenous urbanity, the milieu of the itinerant religious theatre in which he was a child actor, and social reformist education. He is one of the first Indian writers to openly depict domestic violence and child abuse from the viewpoint of a child victim. Suffused with his distinctive blend of amiable sarcasm, pungent satire and self-deprecating humour this disarmingly candid and illuminating memoir reveals how present-day Indian public debates on nationalism, morality, censorship, religion, caste, gender and sexuality are deeply imbued with thoughts and feelings inherited from Ugra’s era.

ISBN - 0143101803/ 9780143101802
 


Pages : 184
Credit Cards
Payment accepted by All Major Credit and Debit Cards, Net Banking, Cash Cards, Paytm, UPI, Paypal. Our payment gateways are 100% secure.
Check Delivery
Books of Similar Interest
20%
Stephen Hawking : His Life and Work
by Ferguson Kitty
18%
Because He Is..
by Meghna Gulzar
20%
V.P.MENON: THE UNSUNG ARCHITECT OF MODERN INDIA
by NARAYANI BASU
12%
Mother Teresa: The Untold Story
by Aroup Chatterjee
15%
Gandhi`s Prisoner? The Life of Gandhi`s Son Manilal(HB)
by Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie
Best Book Mart
Support

Call Us Phone : +91-9266663909
Email Us Email : support [at] bestbookmart.com
Working Hours Timing : 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (Mon-Fri)
Powered By
CCAvenue
SSL Protection