·         ‘This is an important book . . . Drawing from a range of primary and secondary sources, including a lot of personal correspondence, Dalmia has managed to construct for the reader the many-sided and complex life story of this flamboyant painter who died so young, yet left such an impact’—S. Kalidas in India Today
·         ‘Cutting through the myths and gossip, Dalmia shows that Sher-Gil was a serious artist intent upon bridging the gulf between the Western-educated Indian elite to which she belonged, and the impoverished millions surrounding them’—Aravind Adiga in Time
·         This is a fascinating life, elegantly told, of the development of a gifted young painter—and the moving narrative of one of the most extraordinary women of modern India’—Hindu
·         A] rare and candid insight into a stimulating personality—Times of India