Memory of Beheram
Author | : Farida J Manekshah |
Publisher | : Bruce & Holly |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2016-12-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781843964339 |
ISBN-13 | : 1843964333 |
Rating | : 4/5 (333 Downloads) |
Download or read book Memory of Beheram written by Farida J Manekshah and published by Bruce & Holly. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking out across Karachi from the palace veranda you might be forgiven for thinking that you were in Tenerife. There were palm trees. Floral-painted buses forcing their way through the crowd. Street vendors selling savoury fritters from wicker baskets. Others walked like chain-men with buckets and tin cups swinging by their side as they sold water to the thirsty. Everywhere the 'toot-toot' of motor vehicles. There was a vibrancy in this young country, which had achieved independence scarcely five years before.During school holidays, when I was not attending the posh Mama Parsi High School, I might be travelling in a Jeep on one of Papa's many business trips to Afghanistan or India. But for the spoiled favourite daughter of a rich Persian Zoroastrian family, having everything was not enough. I had to throw it all away.