{"product_id":"my-last-autobiography-a-timeless-indian-novella","title":"My Last Autobiography {A Timeless Indian Novella}","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rajendra Banahatti\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 11-12-2025\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e At ninety-four, a retired engineer decides to begin again—write his third and, as he insists, final autobiography. Not because anything remarkable has happened to him, but precisely because nothing does.\u003cbr\u003e\nHis world has shrunk to a single room: two caretakers who fuss over him; his son, the doctor who once promised care, now scolds him and treats him as another patient to be managed. His days too pass in small, stubborn rhythms: a morning pooja, a quarrel, the scent of jasmine and perfume, the memory of a lost earring. And yet, the old man writes—or rather, talks to himself—with energy, humour, irritation, and flashes of startling tenderness. He writes not to record history but to fill the silence of a life slowly slipping into invisibility. What begins as a rambling account of routines and recollections turns into something deeper—a fierce and ironic confrontation with the idea of decline itself.\u003cbr\u003e\nRajendra Banahatti’s portrait of a man outliving his usefulness is unsparing and profoundly humane. With wry wit and unflinching honesty, he captures the strange dignity of growing old in a world that has stopped listening. In Jerry Pinto’s graceful, lucid translation, this last act of self-narration becomes a meditation on memory, time, and the stubborn persistence of the self—the voice of a man who will not go quietly, because his story is not yet done.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789363366831\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.7 x 5.0 x 0.4 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Speaking Tiger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51230693851440,"sku":"PrakashBooks_9789363366831","price":300.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/71HE3S6NJOL.jpg?v=1774786345","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/bn\/products\/my-last-autobiography-a-timeless-indian-novella","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}