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Between Two Worlds
Between Two Worlds is the autobiography of a family set against historical changes taking place in Afghanistan, India and Pakistan from the 16th century to the present day. It takes us on a journey with Pathans of Afghan origin as they circulate across South Asia repeatedly fleeing turbulence in search of security. They find it in the space between two of India's great rivers, the Ganges and the Yamuna. But 400 years later, the Partition of India shatters their lives forcing them to rebuild again in a strange new world. Between Two Worlds shows how traumatic changes can transform women's lives and shape their children as they wrestle between old and new values.
Author: Mehr Khan Williams is a journalist, artist and international civil servant. She has written extensively on development and human rights for newspapers and publications around the world. Most of her career was spent working in senior positions at the United Nations, with UNICEF and with international human rights non-governmental organizations.
Author: Mehr Khan Williams is a journalist, artist and international civil servant. She has written extensively on development and human rights for newspapers and publications around the world. Most of her career was spent working in senior positions at the United Nations, with UNICEF and with international human rights non-governmental organizations.
264 pages, Paperback
Published December 17, 2021
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January 26, 2022
Mehr Khan Williams takes the reader through her family's history in an interesting way. You learn about her ancestors and immediate family simultaneously, as if her ancestors were still alive. You also learn a great deal about the history, culture, struggles, and wars of Afghanistan, Pakistan and northern India at the same time. The author experienced Partition as a child and this had an traumatic effect on three generations. But she explains, in detail, in the last section of the book how her generation overcame this and the constraints of cultural norms, and how she and her sisters rose to important careers in the UN, the British Parliament, and in medical research in the US. She also discloses personal details so by the time you finish the book, you feel you know the family quite well. An added bonus is the many B&W and color photos of the family and the author's own colorful artwork, which make this memoir doubly delightful.
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