Blessed Teresa of Kolkata

About The Book

Mother Teresa of Kolkata was a Roman Catholic nun who through sheer force of personality and belief had an enormous impact on the care of the poor, the sick and the dying that resulted in her winning the Nobel prize in 1979. Through her transcendental spirituality she amassed a worldwide constituency devoted to her aims, and there are now some seven hundred any forty homes around the world dedicated to her causes. This authorized pictorial history is a tribute to Mother Teresa's extraordinary achievements and had been compiled by her closest associate as a tribute for the first anniversary of her death. Using photographs from around the world, the majority of which has never been published before, it includes pictures of her as a young girl in Albania, addressing the US Senate, the magnificent pomp of her Indian State funeral, her simple tomb and the beatification. But the major part of the book follows the daily round of the sisters and focuses on the charismatic figure of Mother Teresa.

About Sunita Kumar

Sunita Kumar was a close associate and friend ofMother Teresa's for over thirty years. Educated inconvents in Lahore, Delhi and Kolkata, she worked with Mother Teresa from 1965 until her death,initially as the link between the Missionaries ofCharity and the Co-Workers and latterly as the spokes woman for the Order. She is still closely associated with the Missionaries of Charity. A Hindu,she is married to Naresh Kumar, a former Davis Cuptennis player and captain, and has three childrenand nine grandchildren. A well-known painter, she has held several exhibitions in Florence, London and India. Herpaintings potray the very essence of blessed Teresa's life and mission. Sunita has been a fashion consultant with the famous house Herm