Thirteen year old Priya, when she is assigned a school project on Indian women, decides to write about Indira Gandhi. Her researcheads her to discover extraordinary story of a shy young girl who grew up to become a bold and forcefuleader. Indira Gandhi was the country's third prime minister, the only woman to ever reach that position. A remarkable and controversial figure, sheeft her mark on modern India in a way that few men ever did.