Father Dearest - The Life And Times Of R.K. Dalmia
NEELIMA DALMIA ADHAR
The gripping biography of R.K. Dalmia, the last century’s most flamboyant Indian industrialist, written by his daughter, who loved and loathed him equally.
Hardback | 140 x 216mm (5.5 x 8.5") | 264 pp
ISBN 8174362657
Rs.395.00
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A gripping biography of R.K. Dalmia, the most flamboyant character India produced in the last century. Like a meteor, he flashed across the firmament in a blaze of glory before being reduced to the ashes of ignominy in a prison, convicted of fraud. An odd mixture of Puritanism and profligacy, and a sadist who tortured his family of six wives and eighteen children, he broke all the laws of God and man. Written by his daughter Neelima Dalmia Adhar, who loved and loathed him with equal passion, this book makes the most compelling reading.
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Neelima Dalmia Adhar was born in New Delhi on 21 May 1951. She and her six siblings were brought up by their mother, Dineshnandini Chordia Dalmia—a poetess and a novelist. Neelima completed her senior Cambridge from the Convent of Jesus and Mary, New Delhi before going on to earn a Bachelor’s degree in home science from Lady Irwin College, and a Master’s degree in psychology from Delhi University, with a specialisation in personality. She taught psychology to undergraduate students at Kamla Nehru College till she married Amitabh Adhar, a realtor. Neelima divides her time between writing and pursuing her interest in astrology, Hindu philosophy and the paranormal.
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Through the life of a numinous and nefarious character, one gains a deep insight and into the Indian society, Hindu religion and its accrued esoteric traditions. A personality that this culture and its components, assist to create, elevate to bring forth its quandary.
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