Madhusree Mukerjee is a writer, science journalist and former physicist. Her new
book, Churchill's Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India during
World War II uses meticulous research and new sources to relate how Winston Churchill
and his war cabinet exhaustively used Indian resources to fight the Second World
War, provoking famine and insurrection in the eastern province of Bengal. The book
is also a riveting account of the triumphant but tragic final stage of India’s freedom
movement.
Madhusree's previous book, The Land of Naked People: Encounters with Stone Age Islanders
relates the devastating experiences of the hunter-gatherers of the Andaman Islands
as they come face to face with modern civilization.
Madhusree has also written about
indigenous rights, nuclear liability, climate change, the Bhopal gas disaster, animal
research and a variety of other issues involving science and society.
Khandadhara Waterfall, Orissa, India
