Exhumation: The Life and Death of Madan Lai Dhingra - Paperback

by Leena Dhingra (Author)

'As soon as I finished this spectacular book, I started it again, unwilling to leave the vivid world of these people - heroic and touching - whose lives, devastated by British colonial decisions long ago, are so very relevant to today's culture wars. Ghosts of colonialism are alive here' (Victoria Brittain);

'In Exhumation, the illumination of a family secret sheds a coruscating light on Britain's colonial past. Part memoir, part history, Dhingra's lively examination brings the events leading up to Partition to vivid and immediate life. Madan Lal's story has, until now, been little known in Britain; this important book ensures that will no longer be the case' (Erica Wagner); '

Author Biography

LEENA DHINGRA was born in India, she came to Europe after the 1947 Partition of India. Her first novel Amritvela was published in 1988. She is an actor whose television appearances include The Bill, Casualty, Prime Suspect and Doctor Who. She starred as Manju Pratel in EastEnders and Mina Parekh in Coronation Street. A Londoner for 40 years, Leena Dhingra now lives near Manchester.