India, Oct. 1 -- What does it take to report from conflict-ridden places in India and beyond? Journalist-author Harinder Baweja has spent four decades finding out. At the launch of her memoir, They Will Shoot You, Madam: My Life Through Conflict in Delhi on Sunday, she shared stories that read like a thriller.

The evening opened with former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh recalling their first meeting after Operation Blue Star in 1984. Singh shared that he had saved Baweja from being knocked down in a crowd after police firing caused panic. "'Who are you?' I asked," he said. "She replied, 'I'm Harinder Baweja. I work for a newspaper.' That was the start of it." Baweja added, "My religion is journalism. My editors sent me to...