Swati Sengupta is an author and journalist. Her books include Out of War (Speaking Tiger Books, 2016), Guns on My Red Earth (Rupa, 2013), Half the Field Is Mine (Scholastic, 2014), The Talking Bird (Tulika Books, 2014) and A Tea Garden Party (Pratham Books, 2021). She translated Murder In The City by Supratim Sarkar (Speaking Tiger Books, 2018) from Bengali to English. Swati runs a workshop series on gender for young adults. She studied English at Jadavpur University and lives in Kolkata.
<p style="padding: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">In a small village in Punjab, little Milkha Singh grew up, loved by his parents, surrounded by open fields where he could run, play, and fly kites. In the heat of summer, when he had to walk to school barefoot, he would run like the wind so he could get home fast. And then, one day, in the midst of terrible violence and upheaval, his family and home were snatched away forever. Milkha, still a teenager, found himself alone and friendless, till he was recruited into the Army. Here, he finally found his passion and joy—running.</p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Despite overwhelming odds, Milkha trained and practised with one goal in mind—to become the best runner for India. Eventually, he did do so— winning medals in international and national sporting events, creating records that stood the test of time, and becoming an inspiration for every Indian forever.</p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">In this well-researched and lucid biography, the astonishing life of Milkha Singh comes alive—a story that will inspire and motivate generations of Indians.</p>
