Taya Zinkin

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Taya Zinkin (23 September 1918 – 14 September 2003) was a prominent English journalist and author. She was born in

ICS officer and author Maurice Zinkin. She wrote for The Economist, The Guardian, Le Monde, and Neue Zürcher Zeitung
.

She is famous for the statement she made in the 1950s:

Pakistan is obsessed with India, and India is obsessed with herself.

She was an indirect cause of the

Ayub Khan
.

Publications

  • She wrote her autobiography in three volumes:
    • Odious Child (1971),
    • Weeds Grow Fast (1973), and
    • French Memsahib (1983).
  • Caste Today (London: OUP, 1965).[1]

References

  1. ^ Jay, Michael (31 October 2003). "Taya Zinkin". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 April 2019.