Anthology on Netaji’s life and struggle released on Independence Day eve
Krishna Bose’s ‘Netaji: Subhas Chandra Bose’s Life, Politics & Struggle’ has 18 essays translated and edited by Sumantra Bose
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Published 16.08.22, 03:43 PM
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(L-R) Sumantra Bose, author, political scientist and former professor at London School of Economics; Pan Macmillan India’s editorial director Teesta Guha Sarkar; and Sugata Bose, historian, author, and professor at Harvard University, US; unveil the book ‘Netaji: Subhas Chandra Bose’s Life, Politics & Struggle’, a compilation of essays by Krishna Bose, at Netaji Bhawan on Sunday, the eve of Independence Day
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The book includes 18 essays written by educator-turned-politician Krishna Bose over four decades. Krishna Bose, wife of Netaji’s nephew Sisir Bose, wrote most of the essays in Bengali for various leading publications. Her son Sumantra Bose, a political scientist, has translated and edited the essays into English
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The essays in this anthology, according to Sumantra Bose, are the result of Krishna Bose’s exhaustive and seminal research on Netaji’s life. He hopes that the English translation would make the essays accessible to a wider audience, especially the youth who continue to be inspired by the great freedom fighter’s life and politics
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Historian Sugata Bose read out excerpts from the book of essays by his mother at the launch
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Among those present at the book launch were filmmaker Goutam Ghose and Rabindrasangeet singer Pramita Mallick
