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Off the Beaten Track: The Story of My Unconventional Life

by Saeeda Bano
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9789385932991
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: General Books
  • Publisher: Zubaan
  • Publisher Imprint: Zubaan
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 144
  • Original Price: 499.0 INR
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 450 grams

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 Viedo Production and has worked in television, radio and other 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 is the first woman in India to work as a radio newsreader