Mistaken...Annie Besant in India

Work:: Mistaken...Annie Besant in India (S0386766817)

1914: India is simmering with discontent against the Raj. English activist Annie Besant arrives: political, charismatic, seeking a new start The English courts have taken her own children from her. India gives her a new faith - Theosophy; a new cause - Indian independence; and a new adopted family - two poor Brahmin boys, Krishnamurti and Nitya. The boys' father wants them back, but Annie is determined to proclaim Krishnamurti the new Messiah. Annie co-founds the Indian Home Rule movement, and is imprisoned by the British for sedition. Gandhi is at first her supporter, and later an opponent, as the boys' adoption is contested as fiercely as India's struggle for freedom. Will Annie's great love affair with India survive? ...Was she mistaken in her beliefs, her adoptions and her causes? A multi-racial cast collaborates to bring to life the incredible story of an amazing woman's relationship with India, and the boy who went on to become one of India's greatest teachers and thinkers. This is a celebration by a British Asian writer of the life of an extraordinary Englishwoman whose fight for Indian independence is the stuff of legend.

Author

Rukhsana Ahmad

Listing:: L184076678

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