Beyond the Black Waters: A Memoir of Sir Sathi Narain |
Contents
A Matter of History | 5 |
Journey to the Unknown | 7 |
Journey into the Past | 14 |
A Painful Beginning | 23 |
World to be Conquered | 35 |
Childhood Recollections | 37 |
A New Wave | 47 |
Making His Way | 50 |
Fixation with Teeth | 89 |
At Home with the Family | 91 |
Maurice My Friend | 101 |
A Political Involvement | 103 |
The Art of Entertaining | 110 |
Boom Time | 116 |
Wheel of Change | 125 |
Family Tree | 150 |
Common terms and phrases
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