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So many did love me before, I never looked at them: Subhas Chandra Bose
January 23, 2015
On Subhas Chandra Bose's 118th birth anniversary, a lovely read...
Unknown facts about the romance between Subhas Chandra Bose and his wife
Emilie have been brought to light by Bose's grandnephew, Harvard
historian Sugato Bose in his book, His Majesty's Opponent: Subhas
Chandra Bose and India's Struggle Against Empire. Sugato Bose discovered
his granduncle's romantic side while going through the 165 passionate
letters he wrote to Emilie. In a 1936 letter, Subhas wrote, "Even the
iceberg sometimes melts and so it is with me now. I can no longer
restrain myself from penning these few lines to convey my deep love for
you my darling or as we would say in our own way the queen of my
heart. But do you love me do you care for me do you long for me? You
called me 'Pranadhik' but did you mean it? Do you love me more than
your own life? Is that possible?"
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here.Pic: Bose's wife Emilie Schenkl and daughter Anita Bose Pfaff
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