I am the Widow: An Intellectual Biography of Behramji Malabari by Harmony Siganporia. Published in 2018 by Orient Blackswan Private Limited, 3-6-752 Himayatnagar, Hyderabad 500029; email: info@orientblackswan.com; website: www.orientblackswan.com. Pp: xxi + 280. Price: Rs 795.
Behramji Merwanji Malabari (1853-1912) was a social reformer, journalist, poet, ethnographer-anthropologist and travel writer. Two biographies of his fascinating life and career were written during his lifetime and a third, two years after his death. He then dropped into oblivion and was treated as an insignificant figure in the scene of Parsi as well as Indian history. Harmony Siganporia (pictured), an assistant professor in the......