Relationship ( Pb )
About This Book
Relationship is an exchange of letters between Nayantara Sahgal and E.N. Mangat Rai, written during an extremely turbulent time in both their lives. Each was a public figure who had stayed intensely private, and here they break their self-imposed silence for the first time. The book was first published in 1994 and met with reactions ranging from shock to appreciation. This revised edition keeps all the earlier correspondence and adds a short but important piece, Diary from Chandigarh. It is an honest and often painful account of Sahgal's life with her husband and children before the marriage ended. The diary and letters together show one woman trying to stay true to herself, her writing, her ideals and her relationships, both inside and outside marriage. They tell of a deepening and passionate bond, of the joy and pain of finding intellectual companionship, and of how hard such a bond is to keep alive. They also reflect on what ties men and women into particular relationships, and on how public life presses on private life. Relationship mirrors an era when idealism and commitment still felt possible, and it gives readers a look into the life and thinking of one of India's most successful writers and one of the most distinguished civil servants of his generation.
ISBN: 9788172236823
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