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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453291203321

Autore

Purī Kailāsha Jī. <1926->

Titolo

Pool of life [[electronic resource] ] : the autobiography of a Punjabi agony aunt / / by Kailash Puri and Eleanor Nesbitt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : Sussex Academic Press, 2013

ISBN

1-78284-067-2

1-78284-069-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

The Sussex Library of Asian Studies

Altri autori (Persone)

NesbittEleanor M

Disciplina

891.4/237

B

Soggetti

Authors, Panjabi - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements ; Glossary ; Introduction ; 1: Childhood ; 2: Tradition ; 3: Rawalpindi and Lahore ; 4: Marriage ; 5: London; 6: India again ; 7: West Africa ; 8: Slough and Southall ; 9: Liverpool ; 10: Writing and Public Speaking ; 11: "A shoulder to cry on" ; 12: Pakistan ; Afterword ; Suggested Further Reading ; References ; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This life story of Kailash Puri, a Punjabi author and advice columnist, connects the narrative of her life to the history of Punjabi diaspora and themes in Sikh studies. Beginning with her memories of childhood in West Punjab, the work evokes the rural customs and religious practices consistent with recent scholarship on Punjabi religion rather than with the currently dominant Sikh discourse of a religion sharply distinguished from Hindu society. An arranged marriage at the age of 15 to scientist Gopal Puri brought Kailash ever-widening horizons as they moved from India to London. Through such