Madam Sir: the story of Bihar's first woman IPS Officer / Manjari Jaruhar
Material type: TextPublisher: Gurugram: Penguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd; 2022Description: xx, 326p. 21 cmISBN: 9780143457794Subject(s): MemoirDDC classification: 363.2092 Summary: After an unexpected turn of events upended the homemaker role her parents had planned for her, Manjari Jaruhar overcame extraordinary odds to become the first woman from Bihar to join the country's elite police cadre. Her first book, Madam Sir, set against the backdrop of significant events such as the Bhagalpur blindings, the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and Lalu Prasad’s reign in Bihar, look at the IPS from the inside, through a woman’s eyes. The book is a stirring account of a sheltered girl’s rise to the top echelons of the IPS. It’s a master class in courage, resilience and leadership by a women who broke new ground and thrived despite being viewed with disbelief and derision by her colleagues.Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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After an unexpected turn of events upended the homemaker role her parents had planned for her, Manjari Jaruhar overcame extraordinary odds to become the first woman from Bihar to join the country's elite police cadre. Her first book, Madam Sir, set against the backdrop of significant events such as the Bhagalpur blindings, the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and Lalu Prasad’s reign in Bihar, look at the IPS from the inside, through a woman’s eyes. The book is a stirring account of a sheltered girl’s rise to the top echelons of the IPS. It’s a master class in courage, resilience and leadership by a women who broke new ground and thrived despite being viewed with disbelief and derision by her colleagues.
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