Those Days
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| Originally published | February 4, 1997 |
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| Authors | Sunil Gangopadhyay |
| Followed by | First Light |
| ISBN | 9780140268522 |
| Publishers | ABP Group |
| Penguin Books | |
| Genres | Novel |
| Historical Fiction | |
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| ID | 2960070 |
About Those Days
Those Days is an award-winning historical novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay. It was first published as a serialized novel in Bengali literary magazine Desh. Sunil Gangopadhyay won Sahitya Akademi Award for this novel in 1985.
Henry Kissinger's Cambodia legacy of bombs and chaos
... " You saw the destruction and you thought: why was this modern air force bombing the countryside so much? In Those Days the farmers of Cambodia weren t even used to seeing motor vehicles, they routinely said to me: Why is fire falling from the sky? " Pen Yai, 78, cooperated with the Viet Cong inside Cambodia before the bombing started, but said large numbers of civilians were killed by American bombs, including his father and brother-in-law...
Sandra Day O'Connor: A ranch girl who became 'queen of the court'
... " But we didn t realise how unusual that was back in Those Days...
Chris Mason: Prime Minister's Questions is a brutal spectacle
... Today was one of Those Days for Mr Sunak...
Taiwan opposition's doomed shotgun wedding
... In Those Days the DPP were the outsiders, fighting for full democracy and an end to decades of KMT dictatorship...
Darkley: A singing congregation silenced by gunfire
... In Those Days, the technology did not exist to text or email me the file of the recording, so I asked him to play it to me over the mouth piece of the phone...
Delhi AQI: Can artificial rain fix toxic air in India's capital?
... Manindra Agrawal, the scientist leading the project, told that while they didn t expect enough clouds to cover Delhi fully on Those Days, " a few hundred kilometres would be good"...
Luis Díaz's father speaks for first time since kidnap
... In a news conference on Friday, the 58-year-old said Those Days had been a " very difficult" time for him...
Britney Spears says she had abortion when dating Justin Timberlake
... " But under the conservatorship I was made to understand that Those Days were now over, " she said...
Britney Spears says she had abortion when dating Justin Timberlake
By Madeline HalpertBBC News, New York
Britney Spears had an abortion after getting pregnant with Justin Timberlake , according to excerpts from her upcoming memoir.
The pop star's new book, The Woman in Me, focuses in part on her 13-year conservatorship under her father James Spears.
Mr Timberlake was " not happy" about Ms Spears being pregnant, according to extracts.
" He Said we weren't ready to have a baby in our lives, " Ms Spears said.
Mr Timberlake was " so sure that he didn't want to be a father" Ms Spears wrote in the memoir, which is set to be published on 24 October.
Ms Spears said she did not know if having the procedure was The Right decision, and that she would not have had an abortion if The Choice was " left up to me alone".
But, she added: " For me, it wasn't a tragedy. I loved Justin so much. I always expected us to have A Family together One Day . This would Just Be much earlier than I'd anticipated. "
The Bbc has reached out to Mr Timberlake for comment.
The pop star duo dated in their early adult years between 1999 to 2002. Ms Spears has since gone on to have Two Children - Sean Preston, 18, and Jayden James, 17 - with her second husband, Kevin Federline .
The 41-year-old's memoir is set to be released two years after The End of her conservatorship, which Ms Spears writes in The Book " stripped her of her womanhood".
The Singer has previously called The Arrangement abusive. It was Set Up by her father in 2008 after she experienced a public breakdown, during which she shaved her head.
The Singer testified to a court in 2021 that she had been drugged, forced to perform against her will and prevented from having more Children under the conservatorship.
The conservatorship had power over her finances and career decisions as well as major personal matters, such as her visits to her teenage sons and whether she could get remarried.
In her upcoming memoir, The Singer offers more insights into the " soul-crushing" arrangement.
" The Woman in me was pushed down for a long time, " Ms Spears wrote in the excerpts published by People. " They wanted me to be wild onstage, The Way they told me to be, and to be a robot the rest of The Time . "
Ms Spears said that shaving her head and " acting out" were her ways of pushing back. " But under the conservatorship I was made to understand that Those Days were Now over, " She Said .
Among several allegations, She Said her father repeatedly told her she looked fat and infantilised her. She claimed the conservatorship eventually stripped her of her passion for performing.
The Book also features More Joyous moments from the pop star's childhood, including when she went back to High School in Kentwood, Louisiana, In Search of normalcy.
" There was something so beautifully normal About That period of My Life : going to homecoming and prom, driving around our little town, going to The Movies , " she wrote, according to the excerpts.
The normalcy would be short lived. Ms Spears said she was quickly called back to performing, signing a deal with Jive Records at age 15, later going on to release hits Baby One More Time and Oops!. . I Did It Again.
Since The End of her conservatorship, Ms Spears has recorded several more hits. She also married her boyfriend Sam Asghari , though the couple divorced after a year.
In the memoir, Ms Spears said The Years After Her conservatorship have allowed her to construct a new identity.
" I've had to say, Wait a second, this is who I was - Someone passive and pleasing. A girl. And this is who I Am Now - Someone strong and confident. A Woman , " she wrote.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
