▁ 1 3 , ▁N oni ▁was ▁educated ▁in ▁England , ▁under ▁the ▁guard ians hip ▁of ▁Margaret ▁and ▁Arthur ▁Be ving ton ▁G ille tt ▁( al ong side ▁Moh an ▁K um aram ang al am ▁and ▁his ▁sister ▁Par v ati ▁Kr ish nan ), ▁where ▁she ▁would ▁continue ▁to ▁live ▁there ▁for ▁many ▁years . ▁She ▁later ▁re called : ▁" Like ▁a ▁typical ▁black ▁child ▁of ▁those ▁days , ▁at ▁ 1 3 ▁I ▁was ▁not ▁too ▁well ▁prim ed ▁about ▁the ▁negoti ations ▁that ▁must ▁have ▁gone ▁on ▁between ▁my ▁parents ▁and ▁my ▁pros pective ▁loc o - par ents , ▁about ▁the ▁life ▁they ▁were ▁planning ▁for ▁me ▁which ▁I ▁was ▁to ▁learn ▁in ▁years ▁to ▁come , ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁practical ▁demonstr ation ▁of ▁the ▁gener ations ▁of ▁friendship ▁between ▁families . ▁I ▁learned ▁then ▁that ▁the ▁plan ▁was ▁for ▁me ▁to ▁be ▁trained ▁as ▁a ▁doctor ▁to ▁serve ▁my ▁people . ▁But ▁it ▁mis f ired , ▁for ▁a ▁medical ▁doctor ▁was ▁the ▁one ▁thing ▁I ▁didn ' t ▁want ▁to ▁be . ▁I ▁didn ' t ▁know ▁what ▁I ▁wanted ▁to ▁be ." ▁She ▁studied ▁first ▁at ▁The ▁Mount ▁School , ▁York , ▁and ▁later ▁at ▁London ' s ▁Royal ▁Academy ▁of ▁Music . ▁Before ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War ▁she ▁had ▁become ▁dis inter ested ▁in ▁the ▁Royal ▁Academy ▁of ▁Music ▁and ▁concentr ated ▁mostly ▁on ▁left - wing ▁student ▁politics . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 8 , ▁she ▁was ▁at