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The Lost Homestead, said two years on from her diagnosis she could see she “was lucky”.
She and the prime minister met while attending the European School in Brussels as children, and married after the annulment of Mr Johnson’s marriage to his first wife, Allegra Mostyn-Owen.
Marina Wheeler at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics in London (PA)
Mr Johnson’s personal life has long been under public scrutiny.
The Appeal Court ruled in 2013 that the public had a right to know that he had fathered a daughter during an affair while he was the mayor of London.
Previously, he was sacked as shadow arts minister in 2004 after it was reported he had had an affair with journalist Petronella Wyatt – a year after he married Ms Wheeler.
Clockwise from top left: Nur Nasreen Ibrahim, Eman Omar, Michele Hutchison, Joanna McCalmont and Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
This year’s Lahore Literary Festival (LLF) provided space for many book launches and conversations with an array of authors from different parts of the world. From architectural influences derived from the Islamic world, to the historical significance of horses in the Subcontinent, audiences were spoiled for choice with the variety of topics discussed.
Marina Wheeler was one such writer who paid homage to her roots in the launch of her book, Lost Homestead: My Mother, Partition and the Punjab. Offering different perspectives on the British empire and Partition, Wheeler’s memoir traces her mother Kuldip ‘Dip’ Singh’s journey during the Raj and her experience of Partition.
LAHORE: The Lahore Literary Festival started on Thursday with several sessions across a spectrum of topics.
In one of them, author and Barrister (Queen’s Counsel) Marina Wheeler sat in conversation with Newsweek Pakistan’s culture editor, Nelofar Bakhtyar.
The conversation was focused on the situation of Punjab as seen by Wheeler’s mother, as she grew up there during the Raj, and also seeing Partition.
The book titled ‘The Lost Homestead: My Mother, Partition and the Punjab is’, is a memoir of Wheeler’s mother’s life, where she confronts what she calls an ‘uncomfortable heritage’.
“I got the idea for this book when it was the 70th anniversary of independence, or what the British refer to as the ‘transfer of power’, which also created a lot of interest in the UK,” she said. “I watched a lot of coverage with my mother. I realised she had been there. I was curious to know more about that. Empire being a difficult subject in the UK, meant I knew less about
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February 08, 2021 11:19 IST
Marina Wheeler traces her maternal family’s journey through the tragedy of 1947 and comes to terms with her own past
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Marina Wheeler traces her maternal family’s journey through the tragedy of 1947 and comes to terms with her own past
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past,” said
American novelist and Nobel Laureate William Faulkner in
Requiem for a Nun. Marina Wheeler’s memoir of colonial policies that left Punjab (in erstwhile British India) wounded, reminds you of the famous aphorism: when you remember your past you come to terms with it.