• ISBN13: 9789385932991
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: General Books
• Publisher: Zubaan
• Publisher Imprint: Zubaan
• Publication Date: March 11, 2020
• Pages: 144
• Original Price: INR 499.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 450 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Memoirs

Saeeda Bano was the first woman in India to work as a radio newsreader, known then and still as the doyenne of Urdu broadcasting. Over her unconventional and courageous life, she walked out of a suffocating marriage, witnessed the violence of Partition, lost her son for a night in a refugee camp, ate toast with Nehru and fell in love with a married man who would, in the course of their twenty-five-year relationship, become the Mayor of Delhi. Though she was born into privilege in Bhopal-the only Indian state to be ruled by women for four successive generations-her determination, independence and frankness make this a remarkable memoir and a crucial disruption in India's understanding of her own past.

SHAHANA RAZA is Saeeda Bano's grand-daughter. She has a master's in film and video production and has worked in television, radio and print media. A liberal feminist, Shahana is an independent writer and video producer, a wannabe vegan and a dilettante environmentalist. She currently lives in Dubai with her husband and two children.

SAEEDA BANO was the first woman in India to work as a radio newsreader.