Signed by a Freedom Fighter in Netaji’s Army
Lt Bharati ‘Asha’ Sahay Choudhry, one of the last surviving members of Netaji’s Rani of Jhansi Regiment, has signed a limited number of copies of her memoir The War Diary of Asha-san.
We are thankful to Asha-san (Dadi) for signing these copies, despite being over 95 years old! These copies are available across India for passionate collectors, patriots, and those who are interested in the Indian freedom movement.
🇮🇳 Buy an Autographed Book by Lt Asha of Netaji’s Rani of Jhansi Regiment Here 🇮🇳
Author-signed hardback copies of The War Diary of Asha-san are available. All books have been signed by Lt Bharati Choudhry (Asha).
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Please note:
- Given Asha-san’s age, her handwriting may not always be perfect. Please accept small inaccuracies. 🙏
- The book has been published by HarperCollins India as a hardback weighing approximately 400 grams. The MRP is Rs 599 (hardback). We are offering it for a discounted rate of Rs 499. Courier charges are extra.
- It will not be possible for Asha-san to write your name on the book.
- We cannot ship internationally at the moment. However, please do message me at +91 9910202748 and I will see what I can do.
- We hope you enjoy the book, a memoir that reminds us each day what it truly means to be Indian.
- Do share this book with others by leaving a review on Amazon.in or on GoodReads. Jai Hind! 🇮🇳
What Readers Have To Say…
Reviews in Newspapers
The story of India’s freedom struggle is that of a mass movement, spanning time and geography. Even though inspiring narratives involving individual freedom fighters continue to be celebrated, the engagement has not always been representative: many women revolutionaries remain unsung. The War Diary of Asha-san, an evocative account of a headstrong, 17-year-old freedom fighter in the midst of the Second World War in Japan, is a laudable attempt to rescue such heroines from historical amnesia… Read here »
The War Diary of Asha San is a coming-of-age story with a difference as it was written at a time when Netaji was collaborating with the Japanese for the cause of Indian Independence.
Asha was born in Japan and grew up speaking the language of the country. In fact, she wrote her diary in Japanese and translated it into Hindi much later… Read more »
Born in Kobe in 1928, Asha-san (san is an honorific suffix meaning “dear” in the Japanese language) wrote this evocative account of her teenage years in Japanese, her first language. In 1972, she rewrote her war memoirs in Hindi – “from scraps of paper” and from memories of her “tumultuous teenage years in Japan”… Read More »