Off the beaten track : the story of my unconventional life / Saeeda Bano ; translated by Shahana Raza.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rosengarten International Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aḥmad, Saʻīdah Bāno.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 268 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New Delhi, India : Zubaan : Penguin Books, 2020.

Summary:

Saeeda Bano was the first woman in India to work as a radio news reader, known as the doyenne of Urdu broadcasting.

Contents:

1 At the Turn of the Nineteenth Century p. 1

2 Nawab Sultan Jahan Begum's Bhopal p. 8

3 Leaving My Childhood Home p. 26

4 Lord Harcourt Butler's Lucknow p. 29

5 My Husband's Home p. 37

6 No Bed of Roses p. 69

7 Kashana-e-Raza: Ancestral Home of the Razas p. 89

8 Catastrophe p. 104

10 Delhi 1947 p. 149

11 YWCA p. 161

12 The Forbidden Path p. 178

13 The Rhythm of Life p. 209

14 The Worst was Yet to Come p. 242

15 The Sum of All Sorrows p. 255.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten International Fund.

ISBN:

9789385932991

9385932993

OCLC:

1224159458