At 04:16 AM 23/03/04 -0800, you wrote: > >A new book has released called "memoirs of a rebel >princess" . It is autobiography of princess abida >sultan. She wrote diaries since age of 17. The book >has got very good reviews in the press . It has been >described as "shocking and revealing" . >    My only worry is that as it has been published by >oxford university press-pakistan  , it may not be >avaliable in india. > Any idea what may be shocking and revealing? I know that her relations with her husband (the Nawab of Kurwai) apparently generated some heat and some thick files in the British office. I had the pleasure of corresponding with her and found her to be a nice old lady :) Cheers, Henry