 Jyotirmoyee grew up in Jaipur, receiving little formal education but observing keenly all that she saw around her.She was much impressed by the mixture of decadence and splendour that characterised the society of the "zenana" (women’s quarters) in a Princely State of the time.Jyotirmoyee was allowed to read whatever she liked in her grandfather’s well-stocked library and thus acquired a rather eclectic exposure to the world.