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the world. With grit, courage and resilience, Sheila embraced her life -rough and rife as it was - with its fast-moving twists and turns, with utmost dignity and inner strength.
The stash of kokis, that quintessential long-lasting Sindhi flatbread laden with ghee, chillies, onion and coriander that she packed into her luggage when she left her home in Sindh held the key to her survival and forbearance. Koki could well be a metaphor for the powerhouse of energy Sheila was to become. This is her story: a journey of myriad extreme emotions, successes and losses. Her tryst with koki!
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| Title: | Tryst With Koki |
|---|---|
| Author: | Subhadra Anand |
| Publisher: | The Write Place |
| SKU: | BK0478617 |
| EAN: | 9789392091278 |
| Number Of Pages: | 230 |
| Language: | English |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Country Of Origin: | India |
| Release date: | 16-06-2023 |
About Author
Subhadra Anand was born in Hyderabad (Sindh) in 1947. She came from Karachi to Bombay in a steamship with her mother and siblings in 1948, and stayed in the Chembur Camp for displaced persons, before moving to New Delhi, where her father Justice VS Jetley - who had been a sessions court judge in Karachi - was appointed Custodian of Evacuee Property. After completing her schooling from Lady Irwin School and post graduation from Indraprastha College, Delhi University, she joined RD National College, Bombay, in 1971 as a lecturer in History. Her long innings as a professor and educationist saw her retire in 2007 after seven years as Principal of the college, which she transformed, bringing in new infrastructure and innovations. She then served as the CEO for Save the Children India, a nonprofit looking after Education, Health and Women Empowerment for the under-privileged, and retired in 2019 at the age of 72 to pursue her vision for a cultural centre for Sindhis in India.
While Medieval History was her forte as a professor, Subhadra’s doctoral thesis was a sociological study on the survival and assimilation of the Sindhi community in India post-Partition. National Integration of Sindhis, published in 1995 remains a seminal book, referenced by scholars around the world. In the epilogue, she had evoked the need of a centre for the preservation and continuum of Sindhi culture. This has been realised with Jhulelal Tirthdham, a cultural complex in Narayan Sarovar in Kutch, at the mouth of the Arabian Sea, 50 km from Karachi, that will soon house a museum and amphitheatre alongside an already constructed magnificent Jhulelal temple. Subhadra lives in Mumbai, surrounded by her grandson, daughters, husband, family and friends.