Shahana Dasgupta, a graduate of Delhi University, holds an L.L.M. degree from Ann Arbor, Michigan University. She is the author of three other Rupa books: This India, Razia: The People's Queen and Rani Lakshmibai: The Indian Heroine. She lives in Berlin.
Thirteen year old Priya, when she is assigned a school project on Indian women, decides to write about Indira Gandhi. Her research leads her to discover extraordinary story of a shy young girl who grew up to become a bold and forceful leader. Indira Gandhi was the country's third prime minister, the only woman to ever reach that position. A remarkable and controversial figure, she left her mark on modern India in a way that few men ever did.
