Report by Santanu Ganguly, New Delhi: One of the books to be launched during the Jaipur literature Festival 2013 on January 26, 2013 lunch session is 'In the shadow of Freedom' by Laxmi Tendulkar Dhaul. The book has been published by Zubaan.
About the Book:
In the early thirties Ayi Tendulkar, A young journalist from a small town in Maharashtra,travelled to Germany to study. Within a short time, he married Eva Schubring, his professor's daughter. Soon after the short-lived marriage broke up, Tendulkar, by now also a well-known journalist in Berlin, met and fell in love with the filmmaker Thea von Harbou, divorced wife of Fritz Land and soon to be Tendulkar's wife.
Many years his senior, Thea became Tendulkar's support and mainstay in Germany, encouraging and supporting him in bringing other young Indian students to the country.Hitler's coming to power put an end to all that, and on Thea von Harbou's advice,Tendulkar returned to India, where he became involved in Gandhi's campaign of non-cooperation with the British,and where with Thea's consent he soon married Indumati Gunaji, a Gandhian activist. Caught up in the whirlwind of Gandhi's activism,Indumati and Tendulkar spent several years in Indian prisons,being able to come together as a married couple only after their release managing thereby to comply with a condition that Gandhi had put to their marriage, that they remain apart for several years.
In this unique account, Indumati and Tendulkar's daughter, Laxmi Tendulkar Dhaul, traces the turbulent time lives of her parents and Thea von Harbou, against the backdrop of Nazi Germany and Gandhi's India, using a wealth of documents, letters, newspaper articles and photographs to piece together the inter meshed histories of two women, the man they loved, their own growing friendship, and two countries battling with violence and non-violence, fascism and colonialism.
About the Author:
Laxmi Dhaul is a post Graduate in Biochemistry from the University of Mumbai. As an author she has penned titles across genres spanning spiritual and temporal sections. Her published works include 'The Sufi Shrine of Ajmer', 'The Dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya', 'Guide to the Gentleman Chef', and 'Chimi’s Dream'. ‘In the shadow of Freedom’ her recent book, is the story of her parents and their experiences between Hitlers Berlin and Gandhi’s India. She resides in Mumbai and is currently involved in producing animation films to create environmental awareness amongst school children.
About the Book:
In the early thirties Ayi Tendulkar, A young journalist from a small town in Maharashtra,travelled to Germany to study. Within a short time, he married Eva Schubring, his professor's daughter. Soon after the short-lived marriage broke up, Tendulkar, by now also a well-known journalist in Berlin, met and fell in love with the filmmaker Thea von Harbou, divorced wife of Fritz Land and soon to be Tendulkar's wife.
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| 'In the Shadow of Freedom' Front Cover |
Many years his senior, Thea became Tendulkar's support and mainstay in Germany, encouraging and supporting him in bringing other young Indian students to the country.Hitler's coming to power put an end to all that, and on Thea von Harbou's advice,Tendulkar returned to India, where he became involved in Gandhi's campaign of non-cooperation with the British,and where with Thea's consent he soon married Indumati Gunaji, a Gandhian activist. Caught up in the whirlwind of Gandhi's activism,Indumati and Tendulkar spent several years in Indian prisons,being able to come together as a married couple only after their release managing thereby to comply with a condition that Gandhi had put to their marriage, that they remain apart for several years.
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| 'In the Shadow of Freedom' Back Cover |
In this unique account, Indumati and Tendulkar's daughter, Laxmi Tendulkar Dhaul, traces the turbulent time lives of her parents and Thea von Harbou, against the backdrop of Nazi Germany and Gandhi's India, using a wealth of documents, letters, newspaper articles and photographs to piece together the inter meshed histories of two women, the man they loved, their own growing friendship, and two countries battling with violence and non-violence, fascism and colonialism.
About the Author:
Laxmi Dhaul is a post Graduate in Biochemistry from the University of Mumbai. As an author she has penned titles across genres spanning spiritual and temporal sections. Her published works include 'The Sufi Shrine of Ajmer', 'The Dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya', 'Guide to the Gentleman Chef', and 'Chimi’s Dream'. ‘In the shadow of Freedom’ her recent book, is the story of her parents and their experiences between Hitlers Berlin and Gandhi’s India. She resides in Mumbai and is currently involved in producing animation films to create environmental awareness amongst school children.
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Laxmi Tendulkar Dhaul |
I am surprised and delighted to go through this blog.As I have been a resident of Belagum
ReplyDelete(Karnataka)since last 30yrs,I know about late Tendulkars' contribution in India,s freedom struggle.Tendulkars used to stay in a small village(Belgundi)in Belgaum Taluka.Indumati's
sister Anuradha Kittur(Mr.Gunaji,s daughter) stays in Belgaum.I know her well.I will like
to read the book.Thanks.
Jaya Natu