Off the Beaten Track

By Saeeda Bano

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9385932993
• ISBN13: 9789385932991
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: India Penguin
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.6"