▁a ▁contrib utor ▁to ▁the ▁People ' s ▁Archive ▁of ▁R ural ▁India ▁and ▁an ▁editor ▁with ▁Scient ific ▁American . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁education ▁M uk er je e ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁West ▁Beng al , ▁India . ▁She ▁graduated ▁from ▁J ad av pur ▁University ▁with ▁a ▁degree ▁in ▁physics . ▁After ▁obtain ing ▁a ▁Ph D ▁in ▁physics ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Chicago — super vised ▁by ▁Y o ich iro ▁N amb u — she ▁began ▁post - do ctor al ▁studies ▁at ▁the ▁California ▁Institute ▁of ▁Technology ▁( Cal tech ). ▁ ▁Writing ▁After ▁Cal tech , ▁M uk er je e ▁took ▁up ▁science ▁journal ism ▁and ▁worked ▁for ▁Physics ▁Today ▁for ▁one ▁year ▁and ▁Scient ific ▁American ▁for ▁seven ▁years . ▁She ▁received ▁a ▁G ug gen heim ▁fellow ship ▁to ▁complete ▁her ▁first ▁book , ▁The ▁Land ▁of ▁N aked ▁People ▁( 2 0 0 3 ). ▁In ▁her ▁second ▁book , ▁Church ill ' s ▁Secret ▁War ▁( 2 0 1 0 ), ▁M uk er je e ▁documents ▁the ▁role ▁played ▁by ▁the ▁policies , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁ra cial ▁world view , ▁of ▁the ▁war - time ▁British ▁prime ▁minister ▁W inst on ▁Church ill ▁and ▁his ▁trust ed ▁friend ▁and ▁ad visor ▁Frederick ▁Lin dem ann , ▁ 1 st ▁Vis count ▁Cher well , ▁in ▁the ▁death ▁and ▁dev ast ation ▁caused ▁by ▁the ▁Beng al ▁fam ine ▁of ▁ 1 9 4 3 ▁and ▁the ▁partition ▁of