Book Review: Remembrance of Days Past: Glimpses of a Princely State During the Raj. By Jahanara Habibullah

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Nov 1, 2001 Book Review For Biblio. Remembrance of Days Past: Glimpses of a Princely State During the Raj. By Jahanara Habibullah (Oxford University Press 134 pages). The title is reminiscent of a Marcel Proust classic. The present book essays a different kind of nostalgia with far fewer pages[134] and quite as many as seventy-five… Continue reading Book Review: Remembrance of Days Past: Glimpses of a Princely State During the Raj. By Jahanara Habibullah

2003

Cross Border Friendship

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Column for 18th May 2003 Perhaps it is time again to talk of cross border ties and of friendships on hold, of shared joys and sorrows. The partition of the country (14th and 15th August 1947) is a living memory for those who were adult at that time. It is as well to remember that… Continue reading Cross Border Friendship

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Book Review: Remembrance of Days Past: Glimpses of a Princely State During the Raj. By Jahanara Habibullah

Cross Border Friendship