Author's unenviable exercise leads her to undertake an assiduous reconstruction of the life story of the protagonist ...

For those of us who have never had to leave their homeland to seek better opportunities elsewhere, stories of emigration can be most fascinating. What courage it must take to move to another ...

As Shah writes: ‘Dada Abdullah offered boarding, lodging and a one year contract at a fee of £105 with first-class return fare, to the boy whose name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.’ ...