One of the finest and most unusual autobiographies written in contemporary India.
Starting with her birth in 1939--in philosophic silence, till the doctor\'s slap on her bottom made her bawl--she recounts.
In this unusual, extraordinary autobiography, Shanta Gokhale--writer, translator and one of India\'s most illuminating cultural commentators--traces the arc of her Life over eight decades Through the progress of her body, as it grows, matures and begins to wind down.
One of the finest and most unusual autobiographies written in contemporary India