One Yesterday/edited by Saif Hyder Hasan. New Delhi, Rupa and Co.,
2004, x, 181 p., ISBN 81-291-0521-7.
One Yesterday/edited by Saif Hyder Hasan. New Delhi, Rupa and Co.,
2004, x, 181 p., ISBN 81-291-0521-7.
Contents: 1. Ali Sardar Jafri : His humanism was larger than his poetry/Anil Sehgal. 2. Memories of Sardar Nana/Saif Hyder Hasan. 3. 52 years in togetherness/Sultana Jafri. 4. Revolutionary, idealist, and intellectual/Qurraulain Hyder. 5. Balraj Sahni: Floating with the tide/Parikshat Sahni. 6. Faiz Ahmed Faiz: His heart was in his homeland/Saleema Hashmi. 7. Guru Dutt : Change and decay/Abrar Alvi. 8. Harivanshrai Bachchan : He taught me the lesson of my life/Amitabh Bachchan. 9. Ismat Chugtai: Nano unveiled/Ashish Sawhny. 10. Kaifi Azmi : Kaiza Admi/Baba Azmi. 11. 55 years were too little/Shaukat Azmi. 11. He rose above the personal/Shabana Azmi. 12. You are always with me Abba/Shabana Azmi. 13. A special bond/Tanvi Azmi. 14. Kishore Kumar: Keep singing my friend/Alok Dasgupta. 15. Man of many faces/Amit Kumar. 16. Krishan Chander : He opened literary horizons for me/Salma Siddiqui. 17. The shadow that grew apart/Shaleen Rakesh. 18. Raj Kapoor : He is part of India's National Psyche/Bunny Reuben. 19. One of a kind/Randhir Kapoor. 20. He lived life king size/Pyarelal. 21. Satyajit Ray : Glimpses of a genius/Andrew Robinson. 22. Manikda had a big heart/Javed Siddiqui. 23. How Manikda made me a photographer/Nemai Ghosh.
"One Yesterday is a glimpse into the lives of some of the greatest artistes in our country, through the eyes of those who were closest to them and who knew them best -- children, grandchildren, friends. In this collection, Amitabh Bachchan writes on his father Harivanshrai Bachchan, Ashish Sawhny, on his grandmother Ismat Chugtai, Shabana Azmi, on her father Kaifi Azmi....The essays included give the reader a whole new perspective into the lives and personalities of people who were luminaries in their chosen fields." (jacket)