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Precocious, a poet, a philosopher's daughter, Maitreyi Devi was sixteen years old in 1930 when Mircea Eliade came to Calcutta to study with her father. More than forty years passed before Devi read Bengal Nights , the novel Eliade had fashioned out of their encounter, only to find small... read more
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- Mircea Euclid: This was Maitreyi's boyfriend, lover. They loved each other very much.
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“Do you remember me? And if you do, did you forgive me?”
Mircea Eliade
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1ST SEPTEMBER 1972. MY BIRTHDAY. MY DEAR FRIENDS, Goutami and Parbati-you were the ones so keen to celebrate it, but you never knew that this evening, in the middle of the music, recitations and laughter in the room, I was constantly drifting away.
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- Maitreyi Devi (Author)
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Original Language: Hindi
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Country: India
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Page Count: 250
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Page Count: 250
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- Dewey: 813
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