Born into a conservative family in a provincial town in Haryana, Kalpana Chawla dreamt of the stars. And through sheer hard work, indomitable intelligence and immense faith in herself, she became the first PBI - Indian woman to travel to space, and even more remarkably, to travel twice.In this well-researched biography, journalist Anil Padmanabhan talks to people who knew her- family and friends at Karnal, and colleagues at NASA-to produce a moving portrait of a woman whose life was a shining affirmation that if you have a ...
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Born into a conservative family in a provincial town in Haryana, Kalpana Chawla dreamt of the stars. And through sheer hard work, indomitable intelligence and immense faith in herself, she became the first PBI - Indian woman to travel to space, and even more remarkably, to travel twice.In this well-researched biography, journalist Anil Padmanabhan talks to people who knew her- family and friends at Karnal, and colleagues at NASA-to produce a moving portrait of a woman whose life was a shining affirmation that if you have a dream, no matter how hard it is, you can achieve it.
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