This accomplished biography tells the story of Kastur Kapadia, an extraordinary woman who exchanged a life of wealth for one of utter poverty. A love story and historical document, Daughter of Midnight traces the triumphs and tragedies of the couple who laid the foundations of the nonviolence movement. 'I learned the lesson of non-violence from my wife. Her determined resistance to my will, and her submission in the suffering my stupidity involved, ultimately made me ashamed of myself and cured me of my stupidity.' Mahatma Gandhi