Of Dreams and Enchantments

The Longest Kiss - Life and Times of Devika Rani by Kishwar Desai Just finished reading this long busy read by Desai that shone light on the times of one of India's most powerful women of the time - Devika Rani. Book takes you through a journey of a girls life, coming from the Tagore Family, living in Europe, socializing, smoking, drinking, acting, marrying the Casanova and Film star Himanshu Rai, starting Bombay Talkies (BT) with him, his conspicuous death, her becoming the head of BT inspite of warring factions and ousting Ashok Kumar (Leading actor of Bollywood) and others who opposed her, wielding an iron hand at BT and finally settling down with a Russian in Bangalore, leaving all this behind to become an art connoisseur and home maker. This book is a set of intrigues. Tales that make you go through the 450 pages without a stop. Detailed Summary: Family She belonged to the family of Tagores and with a family of well read, well travelled intellectuals, she was educated partl...