Remarkable Madame Pandit

Manu Bhagavan is a professor of history, human rights, and public policy at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he is also a senior fellow at the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies. Bhagavan is the author or editor of several books, including The Peacemakers: India and the Quest for One World (2012) and India and the Cold War (2019).

• PrefaceChronologyGlossary1. Little Woman2. The Portrait of a Lady3. Knowing Why the Caged Bird Sings4. The Awakening5. The West with the Night6. The Time in Between7. The Night Watch8. The Good Earth9. Americanah10. White Teeth11. Love of Worker Bees12. Raw Silk13. Milk and Honey14. Brick Lane15. Home FireCoda: Fireflies in the MistNotesArchives ConsultedAcknowledgementsIndex

Long before everything from COVID to air travel had proved our unity on Spaceship Earth, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was pioneering a global consciousness. It’s high time you met her.