[4] She is the author of several articles and five books, including Essential Andhra Cookbook,[5] Fragrance of Forgotten Years[3] and The Ladder of His Life : Biography of Air Chief Marshal Idris Latif.
He served at various times as the Indian ambassador to Argentina, Egypt, Yugoslavia, Greece, France, and the United States, and ended his blemishless career as Governor of Maharashtra, again appointed by Indira Gandhi, holding that office for a record seven years (1970–76) until his death in December 1976.
When she was still in her early teens, Ali Yavar Jung arranged in the usual Indian way for his daughter Bilkees to marry into a family of a background similar to his own.
After retiring from the Air Force, he would be appointed Governor of Maharashtra and Indian ambassador to France under the patronage of Indira Gandhi and her Congress party.
[9] Bilquess complemented her husband's career by taking up social work and networking on a level that was rare in India at that time.
During her father's stint, Bilquees (and her stepmother) had already developed a set of social projects, and now, after she returned to the Raj Bhavan in Bombay, she pursued them with renewed vigour.
Residents of a certain age will recollect the regularity with which she was featured on television during those years, a time when there was only one TV network in India, the government-owned Doordarshan.