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I am driven into that space between Britain and India because I exist in that space, says journalist-turned-historian Anita Anand, 50...
Her late father Dr Chaitenya Anand, a general practitioner, raised her with a sense of how vital it was to know who you are..
In February this year, the British charity English Heritage announced that it will officially take note of Singhs contribution, dedicating one of its iconic blue plaques to her, so that she can be remembered among Englands most iconic suffragettes...
Its a role she plays in her two other books, The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge and the Raj (2019; released to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar), and Koh-i-Noor: The History of the Worlds Most Infamous Diamond (2017; co-authored with Dalrymple); and in her fourth, an upcoming work on Olive Christian Malvery (1871-1914), known as the worlds first woman undercover journalist..
Its about human beings doing things to other human beings and I am completely compelled by this, Anand says.. Whats a detail that people would be surprised to know about her?.
