Hers was a story that first interested me, then obsessed me and then became my duty to tell. Also it made me furious that she had been ‘white-washed’ from history. With Sophia’s life story criss crossing my own Punjabi heritage, the immigrant experience, colonialism and suffragette movement too you could say she catered to all my food groups… and more as it turned out.Īnita: She was a true hero – one can understand when those who do nothing stand up and fight, however when those who have everything to lose choose to battle for those less fortunate, well that is true nobility. I am Indian in origin but live in Great Britain. It has been a pleasure to connect with Anita and we at TGBC look forward to her next book.Īnita: I have been a political journalist for almost twenty years and a feminist for even longer. TGBC had reviewed her debut publication Sophia in March,2015. She is the author of ‘Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary’ published by Bloomsbury in 2015. She has interviewed five Indian Prime Ministers, three from Pakistan and Great Britain and one from Bangladesh.

Anita has also presented ‘The Westminster Hour’, and ‘Beyond Westminster’. On television she has presented ‘The Daily Politics’ on BBC 2, ‘The Sunday Politics’ and ‘Newsnight’. She was a presenter on ‘Drive’ and the ‘Anita Anand Show’ on BBC Radio 5 Live.

She is the presenter of ‘Any Answers’, the political phone-in on BBC Radio 4. An Interview with Anita Anand, author of Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, RevolutionaryĪnita Anand has been a radio and television journalist for almost twenty years.

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