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Habib Tanvir was one of Asia’s noted theatre directors. In these memoirs which have been translated from the Urdu, he presents the public and private aspects of his life. He takes the readers on a journey through his life, from his childhood in Raipur to the Bombay film world of the 1940s and then to the Indian People’s Theatre Association. He discusses his family and childhood life, friends, actors and others with an insightful and observant ...
When Delhi lay under siege for five harrowing months in the summer of 1857, the people of the city described the events as ghadar: a time of turbulence. Resources within the besieged city fell dangerously low and locals found the rebelling sepoys’ presence and the increased levies insufferable. Nonetheless, an extraordinary effort was launched by the government of Bahadur Shah Zafar to fight the British. Thousands of labourers and tonnes of materials were ...