Taya Zinkin

Taya Zinkin (23 September 1918 – 14 September 2003) was a prominent English journalist and author. She was born in Zurich, Switzerland to aristocratic White Russian parents and grew up and studied in France and the United States. She wrote several books of reportage as well as books on Gandhi and caste. She was married to the 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 1962 Border War between India and China for she discovered the Chinese building a road in Aksai Chin and she related it privately to Jawaharlal Nehru. As a result of her journalism, she was declared persona non grata in Pakistan by President Ayub Khan. Provided by Wikipedia
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    French memsahib by Zinkin, Taya

    Stoke Abbott : Thomas Harmsworth, 1989
    Format: Book


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    India. by Zinkin, Taya

    [London] : Thames and Hudson, 1965
    Format: Book


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    Odious child. by Zinkin, Taya

    London : Chatto and Windus, 1971
    Format: Book


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    Foreign capital in India by Zinkin, Taya

    New Delhi : Hindustan Times Press, 1951
    Format: Book


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    Challenges in India. by Zinkin, Taya

    New York, Walker 1967
    Format: Book


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    India changes!. by Zinkin, Taya

    New York : Oxford University Press, 1958
    Format: Book


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    India. by Zinkin, Taya

    New York, Walker 1965
    Format: Book


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    India. by Zinkin, Taya

    [London] : Oxford University Press, 1964
    Format: Book


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    Challenges in India. by Zinkin, Taya

    London : Chatto & Windus, 1966
    Format: Book


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    The faithful parrot, and other Indian folk stories. by Zinkin, Taya

    New York, F. Watts 1968
    Format: Book


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    Reporting India. by Zinkin, Taya

    London, Chatto & Windus, 1962
    Format: Book


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    Britain and India: requiem for Empire by Zinkin, Maurice, Zinkin, Taya

    Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press 1964
    Format: Book


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    Britain and India. by Zinkin, Maurice

    Baltimore : Johns Hopkins Press, 1964
    Other Authors: “…Zinkin, Taya…”
    Format: Book


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    Britain and India : requiem for Empire by Zinkin, Maurice

    London : Chatto & Windus, 1964
    Other Authors: “…Zinkin, Taya…”
    Format: Book