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Shanta Gokhale was born in Dahanu and brought up in Mumbai. She has worked as a lecturer in English at Elphinstone College and H.R. College of Commerce, as a sub-editor with Femina, as a P.R. Executive with Glaxo Laboratories and as arts editor with the Times of India. Gokhale has written two novels in Marathi, Rita Welinkar and Tya Varshi ...
Living With Father: A Memoir. (Gopal Gundo Gokhale was born in Belgaum on June 23, 1911 and died in Talegaon on March 20, 1967. He was a journalist for the larger part of his working life, his longest stints being with the Times of India, first as Assistant Editor and later as Special Correspondent.)
Jun 10, 2019 · In this unusual, extraordinary autobiography, Shanta Gokhale—writer, translator and one of India’s most illuminating cultural commentators—traces the arc of her life over eight decades through the progress of her body, as it grows, matures and begins to wind down. Starting with her birth in 1939—in philosophic silence, till the doctor ...
Jul 9, 2022 · Now that Shanta Gokhale has won the richly deserved Sahitya Akademi award for her translation of Laxmibai Tilak’s spirited and charming autobiography in Marathi, Smritichitre (translated as Smritichitre: The Memoirs of a Spirited Wife; Speaking Tiger), and the phone calls keep coming, she wishes her aunt were still alive to see this moment of triumph.
Shanta Gokhale and Jerry Pinto decide to bring together their favourite short stories about the city they call home, and hope that a narrative will emerge. And it does—a rich, varied, vibrant portrait of the republic that goes by many names—Bombay, Mumbai, Momoi, Bambai and many others.
Rita Welinkar by Shanta Gokhale is a book about a person fighting with the nervous breakdown. Rita is the eldest amongst four daughters of Nelly and Shanks. Her parents, quite a flamboyant couple, enjoy their life attending parties, looking good and mostly everything superficial so much so that even their parenting is superficial.
Feb 19, 2024 · An excerpt from ‘The Flat on the Fifth Floor’ by Mohan Rakesh in ‘Maya Nagari Bombay-Mumbai: A City in Stories’, edited by Shanta Gokhale and Jerry Pinto. Mohan Rakesh & Jerry Pinto. Feb ...
