Publisher's Synopsis
The remarkable story of a girl growing up in the backdrop of pre-partition India, and post-partition Pakistan. Rashidah Raza's memoir recounts an extraordinary young life, from the luxury and splendour of palaces and hunting trips as the younger sister of the Rani of Nanpara, to a close family friendship with Ghandi, and a convent education that was to have a far reaching influence on her life. Tears and Pearls is an fascinating personal account of everyday life during the events of an historical era on the Indian subcontinent.
