From: Pacific Affairs | Date: December 22, 1996| Author: Singh, Nikky-Guninder Kaur | COPYRIGHT 1996 University of British Columbia. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

This book is a welcome addition to women's autobiographies and memoirs. The editorial lens of Geraldine Forbes is most useful in bringing out aspects of this tenacious Indian woman that touch both easterners and westerners, making Manmohini a "foremother" to all of us. Manmohini was born in 1908 in Allahabad, in Anand Bhavan, the family home of Motilal Nehru (father of Jawaharlal and Vijayalaxmi). She was thus initiated into the Indian independence struggle from her very childhood. T...