Common Heritage

by Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Muhammad Ali Siddiqui (Editor)

A gathering of memories of a bygone era, Common Heritage recalls life in the subcontinent as it was before the bitterness of politics marred human relations between the major communities of pre-partition India. Through the accounts of its eight notable Indian or Pakistani contributors, this
book makes an important statement by highlighting old friendships and a common past.

Hardcover

First published November 27, 1997

About the author

Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah was born in 1915 and educated in Calcutta, India, and London, where she received a PhD at the University of London. She was one of the few Muslim women to take part in the Pakistan Movement and one of the first female members of Pakistan’s Constituent-cum-Legislative Assembly. Begum Ikramullah also served Pakistan as a delegate to various international conferences and as Ambassador to Morocco.