Memoirs of an Indian Woman

This vivid memoir recounts the experience of Shudha Mazumdar a woman born at the turn of the century to Indian parents whose ideas on child rearing differed greatly. Her father a wealthy Europeanized Zamindar tried to instill Western values while Shudha's mother emphasized the traditional even going as far as arranging a marriage for her daughter when she was thirteen. Although true to Indian traditions Shudha eventually manifested her father's influence by becoming a published writer by becoming a member of a number of social service organizations and by serving as the Indian Delegate to the International Labour Organization.