000			01955nam a22002417a 4500
003			OSt
005			20240916132533.0
008			240909s2005 ii 000 1 eng d
020			_a9780143033462
040			_cQCPL _erda
082			_a823
100	1		_aPande, Ira _eauthor
245	1	0	_aDiddi _b: my mother's voice _c/ Ira Pande
264		1	_aNew Delhi : _bPenguin Books, _c2005
300			_aviii, 216 pages
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
520			_a"Perhaps because we called our mother Diddi, elder sister, our relationship with her was always somewhat ambivalent. More than a mother she was for us a difficult sibling, an eccentric, much older sister who belonged to a different generation. Attempting to unravel the enigma that was her mother, Ira Pande trawls through her writings to recall the life and times of a mother who was also a household name as Shivani, novelist, storyteller and columnist. In the process she discovers a rich and colourful cast ranging from family retainers, grandmothers and aunts to neighbours, friends and fictional characters. Built around the deep ties between mothers and daughters, Diddi salutes the often decadent but highly literate members of a family that produced both eccentrics and brilliant writers. Deftly dovetailing fiction and memoir, with brilliant translations of Shivani s own stories taking the narrative forward in several places, the book is also a record of what happened to the proud Brahmin families of Kumaon when the old feudal order vanished and joint families broke up into nuclear units. A fascinating experiment in the genre of the biography-novel, Diddi blurs the boundaries between history and fiction to create an intensely personal work that has universal resonance."--Back cover.
600			_aŚivānī, _d1923-2003 _vFiction
655		7	_aBiographical fiction _2lcgft _910553
942			_2ddc _cBOOK
999			_c24045 _d24044