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5. Endings

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Shanti Uncle is ailing, leaving the author to decipher remaining details of his life. Concluded by Sam Dastor and Renu Setna.

Shanti Uncle is ailing, leaving the author to decipher some remaining details of his life.

Writer Vikram Seth explores the lives of two remarkable relatives, his Aunty Henny and Shanti Uncle.

Their story is one of travel and displacement, a voyage navigating some of history’s most terrible events, from India to 1930s Berlin, and finally, to Britain.

Read by Sam Dastor and Renu Setna.

Written by Vikram Seth.

Abridged by Alison Joseph.

Producer: Duncan Minshull

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2005.

15 minutes

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