Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s love of his country spared little time for his wife Emilie Schenkl, said their daughter Anita Bose Pfaff, who too grew up like many children of war without the warmth and comfort of having a father near her. "His first and foremost, and almost only interest, was his fight for his country’s freedom. My mother had to suffer because of this as she always had to play second fiddle,” Anita told TOI on Sunday, a day before Neta-ji’s 126th birth anniversary.