Publisher's Synopsis
Born in Kashmir in 1925 in Panjeri, situated on the foothills of Jammu and Kashmir; Abdul Rehman Khan entered the British Indian Army in 1941 at the age of sixteen. Writing about her father in the first person, Aamnah Rahman tells of the incredible life he's lived over eight decades. She also highlights how South Asian society and culture has changed in South Asia and in the United Kingdom over the years. The book starts with a reflection of her father later in life before highlighting his early years, his life in the military, witnessing the partition of the Indian subcontinent, and his time as a civilian before immigrating to the United Kingdom. In telling her father's story-as well as her own-the author sheds light on the struggles of many Kashmiri/Pakistani families as well as the links between their homeland and succeeding generations living in the West. Join the author as she shares her father's life along with lessons to help today's generation come to term with and learn lessons from the past.
