Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan was not sure whether she wanted to write a book when she was requested by Penguin to write a biography of her mother, Lily Tharoor. “True, my mother has led an unusual and fascinating life. Even at the age of 80 she renewed her driving license and drove her car until just a few years ago. She has travelled, has had her share of tragedies, travails and triumphs… but did we want to put it down in a book?”
Eventually, persuaded by the publishers and encouraged by her brother, Shashi Tharoor, author and Member of Parliament, she got around to thinking what she would want to include in a book about her mother.
