The Brass Notebook (Record no. 67099)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789354476631
028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME
Distributor Name : Technical Bureau
Distributor address : 4794/23, 1st Floor, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi
Bill Number ; TB3471
Bill Date : 11/2/2026
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 923.35 JAI
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Jain, Devaki.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Brass Notebook
Remainder of title : A Memoir.
Statement of responsibility, etc / Devaki Jain.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New Delhi
Name of publisher, distributor, etc : Speaking Tiger Book,
Date of publication, distribution, etc , 2020.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xv, 215p.
Dimensions : 18cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount 349
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc In this noholdsbarred memoir, Devaki Jain begins with her childhood in south India, a life of comfort and ease with a father who served as dewan in the Princely States of Mysore and Gwalior. But there were restrictions too, that come with growing up in an orthodox Tamil Brahmin family, as well as the rarely spoken about dangers of predatory male relatives. Ruskin College, Oxford, gave her her first taste of freedom in 1955, at the age of 22. Oxford brought her a degree in philosophy and economics—as well as hardship, as she washed dishes in a cafe to pay her fees. It was here, too, that she had her early encounters with the sensual life. With rare candour, she writes of her romantic liaisons in Oxford and Harvard, and falling in love with her ‘unsuitable boy’—her husband, Lakshmi Jain, whom she married against her beloved father’s wishes.<br/><br/>Devaki’s professional life saw her becoming deeply involved with the cause of ‘poor’ women—workers in the informal economy, for whom she strove to get a better deal. In the international arena, she joined cause with the concerns of the colonized nations of the south, as they fought to make their voices heard against the rich and powerful nations of the former colonizers.<br/><br/>Her work brought her into contact with world leaders and thinkers, amongst them, Vinoba Bhave, Nelson Mandela, Henry Kissinger, and Iris Murdoch.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Economists
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Biography.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Memoir.
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Devaki Jain.
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     SNU LIBRARY SNU LIBRARY 17/02/2026 Technical Bureau India Pvt. Ltd. 349.00 1 2 923.35 JAI 31336 24/05/2026 15/03/2026 17/02/2026 Books
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