India, July 9 -- In 1912, at a time when the global medical establishment was almost exclusively a male domain, an Indian woman achieved something remarkable. Jamini Sen became the first woman Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. It was a milestone that should have been celebrated as a national triumph. Yet, despite a path breaking career that spanned continents, her name and legacy gradually faded from India's public memory.

This new biography that traces her journey from the medical wards of colonial Britain to a decade-long tenure as the personal physician to the Nepal royal family under King Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah, seeks to revive Sen's story and restore her to her rightful place in social and medical h...