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Book review - Raj & Norah: A True Story of Love Lost and Found in World War II

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BOOK REVIEW | World War II

Veenu Sandhu 

Every family has a story. Sometimes, that story is extraordinary enough to be shared with the world — as a book, a song, or maybe a film. Many remarkable stories end up lost in time for want of a storyteller.

But Rajendra (Raj) Shamsher Singh Kohli and Norah Eggleton were lucky to have not one but two storytellers in the family to record theirs for posterity — their son Peter R Kohli and granddaughter Shaina Kohli Russo. Theirs is a story the authors have clearly heard innumerable times growing up. Raj & Norah is evidence of that. This is a real-life love story about two ...

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First Published: Thu, May 06 2021. 22:14 IST
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