ISBN : 9780199407613
Retired diplomat and man of the world Iqbal Akhund, having previously written about his diplomatic career, recalls in this volume personal reminiscences of his ninety plus years: young days under the Raj, the conversion of his grandparents, the why and wherefore of Partition, as well as thoughts on current issues.
Acknowledgements
List of Photographs
Preface
1. 'The past disappeared in one stroke a'
2. 'Where are such men a?'
3. Time, like a dark wind a
4. 'Wa raqs mi kunad a'
5. A forgotten page
6. A journey of which I knew not the destination
7. Reshmi Rumaal
8. Purdah
9. Emancipation
10. Westernization
11. Paris of the East
12. Leftovers
13. Solitary, not lonely a
14. Homebodies
15. Tiffin carriers and holdalls
16. East is East and West is West
17. Showpang
18. The demon drink
19. School
20. Joe, Jim, Jam
21. Two Nations
22. Pakistan ka matlab kya
23. Urdish/Hindlish
24. Feudal interlude
25. Veracity, loyalty, modesty
26. When France was France
27. And yet a
28. Sole superpower
29. Latvia
30. Law of the jungle
31. Unusual encounters
Coda