She was an iconic Satyagrahi revolutionary who later became the first 'Western' woman to take up Tibetan Buddhism, and he is a renowned historian who was the former editor at the BBC World Services. It's an epic line up for an evening of learning history through story telling, and we are definitely not giving it a miss.
Because after a week of numbing drudgery we could use something more intellectually stirring, we are not giving this book launch a miss. Hit up the Oxford Bookstores today to explore untold stories from history and learn about the iconic Freda Bedi who had come to India from Britain to participate in the freedom movement against the empire, and later became a Bhikshuni of Tibetan Buddhism. Historian Andrew Whitehead will launch his new book The Lives of Freda and will also talk about her political, spiritual and personal journeys.
An interesting character who has gone on from becoming a journalist to a Satyagrahi, a social worker who helped Tibetan refugees in India and and eventually a nun, we are excited to know more about this revolutionary woman from her grand daughter Ami Bedi and Jawahar Sircar as they join Andrew in a conversation.