SUBHAS AND SARAT

The most original account of
the public and private lives of Subhas and Sarat Bose and an enthralling
narrative of India?s journey to independence. Subhas and Sarat is a closely
observed portrait of the Bose family of Bengal?especially its two most famous
members, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and his older brother, Sarat Chandra
Bose?and their role in India?s freedom struggle. The author, Sisir Kumar Bose
(1920?2000)?Netaji?s nephew, and the son of Sarat Chandra Bose?focuses
especially on the period spanning the mid-1920s to the turbulent 1940s when
the freedom movement was at its peak. We are offered unprecedented insights
into the participation of Subhas and Sarat in the politics of the time. From
being a careful observer of the events taking place around him, the author
becomes a participant in Netaji?s great escape from the colonial authorities,
when he drives his uncle, under cover of darkness, from Calcutta to the Gomoh
railhead in Bihar, from where Netaji travels to Kabul?and goes on to become
the Supreme Commander of the Indian National Army. Illustrated with rare
photographs and documents, this lucidly written memoir is both the most
original account of the public and private lives of Subhas and Sarat Bose and
an enthralling narrative of India?s journey to independence. Features:? ? An insider?s blow-by-blow account of
Subhas Chandra Bose?s great escape. ? A personal narrative of a critical
period of Indian history. ? The most original account of lives of the Bose
Brothers. ? Illustrated with rare photographs and documents.