Inspiring book- the one on the right! Got it at the Kolkata Litfest recently. Heard him-the author too.
The book deals with an unusual subject. Memoirs of a Courtesan, as narrated to her son. Very inspiring, and I won't give away the story and be a spoiler.
Read it if you can. Manish Gaekwad is a journalist/writer. It's his mother's story. And she was a courtesan here in Kolkata, after being a poor shepherdess in Pune who lived in a hut with many siblings and a drunkard father. And raised her son who could write such a book. He got his education in a boarding school in North Bengal. Very tough for many of us to even imagine her travails.
Simple, straightforward, touching.. with some Hindi words, mostly translated.
The other book I got autographed by the author. Still reading it.
