Indira Gandhi, prime minister of India for sixteen years, was as charismatic as she was controversial; both admired and criticised for her political judgements and actions. Yet beyond such debate, what has not been fully understood is her life-long communion with nature and how that defined her very being. Weaving personal, political and environmental history, politician-scholar Jairam Ramesh narrates the compelling story of Indira Gandhi, the naturalist.