About the Book: A Story for Mukti: Based on the Letters of His Grandfather Habib
Tanvir
Legendary theatre activist Habib Tanvir met a very young Jill MacDonald at the
Edinburgh Festival in 1955. Despite the difference in age and backgrounds, the
attraction between the left-wing thespian and the artistic English girl was
instant-and the relationship enduring, resulting in the birth of a daughter,
Anna, in 1964.
Habib left England a year later to explore different forms of theatre all over
Europe and Russia. He often lived in poverty-writing, performing, even singing
in cafes to survive. For the two and a half years that he was away, Habib
documented his