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.
| ISBN: | 9780143335863 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 2003 |
| Author: | Anil Padmanabhan |
| Publisher: | India Puffin an imprint of Penguin Random House India |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 94 pages |
| Genres: |
People / Places |