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A review by apurvanagpal
Daddykins: A Memoir of My Father and I by Kalpana Mohan
4.0
Memoirs are always a step away from being too depressing or too “good to be true” but Kalpana Mohan’s Daddykins is one of the wittiest and heartwarming memoirs I’ve ever read.
She takes a trip down the memory lane, piecing together her father’s youth years in a small village in Kerela, his marriage, his job in Madras city; all against the backdrop of a newly independent India.
Daddykins has a lot of wonderful memories to share with us and each leaving us with life lessons and a big smile on our faces.
She does not shy away from talking about her father’s struggles, his flaws or his emotional side, his changing political views or a little rigid traditional side. Kalpana Mohan has beautifully captured everything about his father, from beginning till the end, in this touching memoir and being a daughter myself, it means so much to me!
Brilliant, humorous and so intimate, one of my favourite nonfiction reads this year!
I give it 4.5/5 and highly recommend it.
She takes a trip down the memory lane, piecing together her father’s youth years in a small village in Kerela, his marriage, his job in Madras city; all against the backdrop of a newly independent India.
Daddykins has a lot of wonderful memories to share with us and each leaving us with life lessons and a big smile on our faces.
She does not shy away from talking about her father’s struggles, his flaws or his emotional side, his changing political views or a little rigid traditional side. Kalpana Mohan has beautifully captured everything about his father, from beginning till the end, in this touching memoir and being a daughter myself, it means so much to me!
Brilliant, humorous and so intimate, one of my favourite nonfiction reads this year!
I give it 4.5/5 and highly recommend it.