Review of ‘My Beloved Life’ by Amitava Kumar - The Hindu
The HinduOn the face of it, Amitava Kumar’s latest work is a deceptively simple story of an ordinary man and his daughter. In essence, My Beloved Life is about ordinary people and their trials and triumphs, about love and loss and the sweeping changes in a newly independent India as seen through the lens of the protagonist, Jadunath “Jadu” Kunwar, son of a peasant. The second part is the story of Jadu’s daughter Jugnu, who, after a sheltered life in their village, moves to Delhi to pursue journalism, followed by a stint in a newspaper and marriage that ends in a break-up. While delineating the life stories of Jadu and Jugnu, the author navigates historical events in India, from Mahatma Gandhi and pre-Partition days of the 1930s to Modi and COVID-19 in 2020. One is likely to quickly forget the many minor characters, remembering mainly Jadu and Jignu, a loving father and daughter duo, ordinary folks from a remote Indian village, who despite many setbacks, chart an extraordinary path to enrich their lives.
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