This is the fascinating story of a girl, born into an aristocratic and politically powerful family of India. Looking good was important to Shahnaz and she spent considerable time doing that. After marriage and a baby at sixteen years of age she decided to go back to studies. She worked overtime to fund her education and merged her knowledge with the foundation of an ancient science. Shahnaz Husain transformed her life by selling 'a 5000- yrs old civilization in a jar’ without any advertising. Enriched with illustrations, cultural references, nuggets, map & timeline. Inspires global citizenship and a growth mindset.

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When you buy this book from the publisher, you inspire another reader. For each book sold, a copy will be gifted to a rural school in India.

Author

Sunanda Verma

Born in Sofia, raised in New Delhi & Fiji, and nurtured in Singapore and Johannesburg; Sunanda is a writer-journalist. In a previous avatar Sunanda was a TV News Producer. She enjoys deciphering cultural codes of communications across nationalities, age groups and gender. Sunanda has co-authored Learner's Hindi-English Thematic Visual Dictionary, and translated more than 15 books from Hindi to English.

Illustrator

Carolin Spannuth

Born and educated in Hamburg and Freiburg, Germany. Carolin’s work as a lawyer advancing human rights and refugee protection has seen her posted to the United States of America, Bulgaria, Republic of Macedonia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Morocco and Switzerland. Passion for art has accompanied her since early childhood. She enjoys illustrating transcultural themes. Carolin lives in a small village in Europe.

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