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ALLAN -- Her Infinite Variety
by Roshan G. Shahani
Published by Sparrow (Sound & Picture Archives for Research on Women)One of the great needs felt by scholars in women's Studies has been to explore the relationship with the mother as a part of situating our own selves. Among the major concerns in articles, stories, and discussions by women, has been the mother's role in moulding her daughter and the manner in which she might have made or marred the dreams of the younger woman. Many myths about motherhood, about a mother's life, and the person of the mother, have been dispelled in this process of rediscovering identities and bearings.
Roshan's book is a personal history of her mother and her relationship with her. At the same time, the story spans nearly an entire century of a Parsi family and its social life. Allan comes across as a sensitive woman with her love for poetry, music and travel. She is also a sensitive woman who judges people and events from her own independent perspective. She can be painfully candid but also amazingly gentle. In a way, the book is not only about Allan,but about the family's perception of her as a mother and as a person. For Roshan, the act of writing was a way of exorcising the sad ghosts of the past and of making her mother whole again.
Allan can be ordered for US $10 (including shipping by air) from
Sparrow
B-32 Jeet Nagar, JP Road,
Versova, Mumbai
400 061, India.
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As children we have all heard the story of a little Sparrow that poked into garbage and found a grain of rice to eat. SPARROW is like that small bird, looking for grains of another kind — grains of information about women's lives, histories and language, hidden in the crevices of mainstream history.
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