The last member of two generations of distinguished schoolteachers from my family passed away at the age of 97. Nawaz Anwer Hussain (pictured, alongside and below) born Nawaz Banu (Naju) Ferozeshah Bastawalla in 1926, was my second cousin; both her grandfathers were brothers of my grandfather!
Naju had a distinguished career in primary school education in the state of Hyderabad/Andhra Pradesh and was the first headmistress of the new Hyderabad Public School (HPS) Primary Section. She joined the HPS in 1955, the same year I earned a State Merit Scholarship and studied at that School until my Senior Cambridge examination in......