The girl who went to the stars and other extraordinary lives / written and illustrated by Ishita Jain and Naomi Kundu.

By:

Jain, Ishita

Contributor(s):

Kundu, Naomi

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Haryana, India : Penguin Random House India, 2018Description: 112 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780143442622 (paperback)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

23 920.720954 JAI 014630

Contents:

Amrit Kaur -- Amrita Devi -- Amrita Pritam -- Amrita Sher-Gil -- Anasuya Sarabhai -- Anna Modayil Mani -- Anna Rajam Malhotra -- Aruna Roy -- Asima Chatterjee -- Bachendri Pal -- Bhanu Athaiya -- Captain Prem Mathur -- Cornelia Sorabji -- Devika Rani -- Durgabai Kamat and Kamala Gokhale -- Fatma Begum -- Fearless Nadia -- Harshini Kanhekar -- Homai Vyarawalla -- Indira Gandhi -- Indira Jaising -- Ismat Chughtai -- Janaki Ammal -- Kalpana Chawla -- Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay -- Kiran Bedi -- Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw -- Lakshmi Sahgal -- Lata Mangeshkar -- Leila Seth -- Mahasweta Devi -- Mary Kom -- Medha Patkar -- Mithali Dorai Raj -- Padmavathy Bandopadhyay -- Prabha Dutt -- P.T. Usha -- Pupul Jayakar -- Romila Thapar -- Rose Venkatesan -- Rukhmabai Raut -- Rukmini Devi -- Savitribai Phule -- Sudha Chandran -- Surekha Yadav -- Tarla Dalal -- Tulasi Munda -- Usha Mehta -- Usha Uthup -- Vinita Bali.

Summary: "An unbelievable journey through outer space, the voice of a nightingale, a climb up the highest mountain in the world, a leader of the nation! The Girl Who Went to the Stars and Other Extraordinary Lives is a collection of incredible stories that teach passion and courage. These Indian women followed their dreams, however difficult they seemed, and showed us that we can be anything we want to be. So whether you're a girl or a boy, big or small, short or tall-immerse yourself in the world of India's most loved and admired women, who were once kids just like you!"--

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Amrit Kaur --
Amrita Devi --
Amrita Pritam --
Amrita Sher-Gil --
Anasuya Sarabhai --
Anna Modayil Mani --
Anna Rajam Malhotra --
Aruna Roy --
Asima Chatterjee --
Bachendri Pal --
Bhanu Athaiya --
Captain Prem Mathur --
Cornelia Sorabji --
Devika Rani --
Durgabai Kamat and Kamala Gokhale --
Fatma Begum --
Fearless Nadia --
Harshini Kanhekar --
Homai Vyarawalla --
Indira Gandhi --
Indira Jaising --
Ismat Chughtai --
Janaki Ammal --
Kalpana Chawla --
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay --
Kiran Bedi --
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw --
Lakshmi Sahgal --
Lata Mangeshkar --
Leila Seth --
Mahasweta Devi --
Mary Kom --
Medha Patkar --
Mithali Dorai Raj --
Padmavathy Bandopadhyay --
Prabha Dutt --
P.T. Usha --
Pupul Jayakar --
Romila Thapar --
Rose Venkatesan --
Rukhmabai Raut --
Rukmini Devi --
Savitribai Phule --
Sudha Chandran --
Surekha Yadav --
Tarla Dalal --
Tulasi Munda --
Usha Mehta --
Usha Uthup --
Vinita Bali.

"An unbelievable journey through outer space, the voice of a nightingale, a climb up the highest mountain in the world, a leader of the nation! The Girl Who Went to the Stars and Other Extraordinary Lives is a collection of incredible stories that teach passion and courage. These Indian women followed their dreams, however difficult they seemed, and showed us that we can be anything we want to be. So whether you're a girl or a boy, big or small, short or tall-immerse yourself in the world of India's most loved and admired women, who were once kids just like you!"--

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