In the Afternoon of Time: An AutobiographyThis Book Is A Creative Abridgement Of The Four Volumes Of Harivansh Rai Bachchan S Autobiography Translated Into English. In His Brilliant Translation, Rupert Snell Has Succeeded In Communicating The Power And Intensity That Made The Original Work A Classic In The Genre Of Autobiographical Writing In India. Intensely Personal Memoirs Spanning Several Generations. Traces The History Of Bachchan S Forefathers. Includes The Meteoric Rise Of Amitabh Bachchan In The World Of Hindi Cinema. |
Contents
Radha and Her Brother | 24 |
My Father Pratap Narayan | 50 |
A Boy Named for the Harivansha Purana | 73 |
Karkal and Champa | 114 |
Educational and Matrimonial | 137 |
Joy and Suffering | 156 |
On the Way to Madhushala | 171 |
A Bell for the Departed | 193 |
FAR FROM HOME | 345 |
Where Learning Robed in Sable Reigns | 368 |
The Fiddler of Dooney | 389 |
For a Handful of Silver He Left Us | 421 |
FROM DASHDWAR TO SOPAN | 443 |
In the Field of Righteous Duty | 466 |
The Stage of the World | 496 |
Bombay | 510 |
Dehra Dun | 224 |
A New Abode to Find | 251 |
A Sapphire and a Telegram | 277 |
A WellBuilt Nest | 304 |
The Bachchan Family | 323 |
Russia Again | 526 |
A State of Emergency | 539 |
Amitabhs Father | 567 |
Notes | 582 |
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