A Marathi Saga

The Summit is near and my legs are heavy with fatigue. So Lady Yashodadabai Joshi told her daughter Manikbai Bhide on her deathbed in 1948. She little realized that the journey she had taken would become a classic Marathi narrative, published by her daughter, her amanuensis, who was prevailed upon to disregard the authors wish that the accoutn be kept only for private circulation. The classic Marathi narrative is now retold by her grandson in English, 55 years after Yashodabai Joshi passed away. Here is a story that spans 80 years of the rise and fall of the Raj. Its pages stir with the first feeligns of Indian antional pride and brim with the ardour of one who was labelled a reformer. A Marathi Saga: The story of Sir Morpoant and Lady Yashodabai Joshi is a fascinating and rare autobiography, its is hsitory as told by an eyewitness.
About Author :
Lady Yashodabai Joshi was the grand dame of her family and a sowman far ahead of her times. Not only was she literate, she also knew English, an achievement in the 19th century. She took the lead in work for the uplift of women, was resolute in her open secularism and courageously disdainful of caste barriers.
Contents :
Introduction Translator Preface Author Note Your mother in law is watching you Women should walk softly Let us not be born again as women We have to live separately A brave man who is incognito Set aside your sorrow and save the boy Truth has not place in your government I have been orphaned God has fulfilled my desire Today we have chained a lion A blow from fate You are to be absolved from rebirth A pace of hapiiness and its pinnacle After 15-12-1947 Epilogue Appendix