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Memoir of India’s first woman radio newsreader to be out in October

New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India | Posted by Jahnavi Gupta
Sep 28, 2020 04:39 PM IST

The life and times of India’s first woman radio newsreader Saeeda Bano will unravel in a new book, originally written as a memoir in Urdu.

The life and times of India’s first woman radio newsreader Saeeda Bano will unravel in a new book, originally written as a memoir in Urdu, Penguin Random House India announced on Monday.

The book, co-published by Zubaan Publishers, will hit the stands on October 12.(Amazon.in)
The book, co-published by Zubaan Publishers, will hit the stands on October 12.(Amazon.in)

The book, “Off the Beaten Track”, has been translated into English by Bano’s granddaughter Shahana Raza from her 1994 memoir “Dagar Se Hat Kar”.

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The memoir takes the reader through events of great personal impact in her life such as walking out of a suffocating marriage, witnessing the violence of the Partition, moving to Delhi from Lucknow as a single mother, eating toast with prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, and falling in love with a married man -- Nuruddin Ahmed, who would, in the course of their twenty-five-year relationship, become the Mayor of Delhi.

“Unflinching and riveting, ‘Off the Beaten Track’ offers a personal account of the Partition and the burgeoning capital city of a newly-independent India. “A story of hope and resilience, it’s an unforgettable exploration of a fascinating woman; beckoning readers to reflect upon what it means to live and love passionately in the face of conformity and social pressure,” the publishers said in a statement.

The book, co-published by Zubaan Publishers, will hit the stands on October 12.

(This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text.)

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