Safrani grew up in old aristocratic Hyderabad of the 1920s in a richly syncretic, secular culture and a vibrant social and intellectual environment that influenced him deeply, leading him later to plunge into politics under Subhas Bose’s leadership.
About the Author
Ismat Mehdi is a retired Professor of Arabic, English and Foreign Languages University(EFLU), Hyderabad, and proficient in several languages.Shehbaz Safrani is a writer, painter and critic of art and architecture, based in New York.Sugata Bose is the Gardiner Professor of History at Harvard University. His books include A Hundred Horizons: The Indian Ocean in the Age of Global Empire; and His Majesty’s Opponent: Subhas Chandra Bose and India’s Struggle against Empire; and The Indian Struggle1920–1942.