Coomi Kapoor is a pioneer political journalist who was the first woman chief reporter and female bureau chief in Delhi. She has been in the profession for nearly five decades, and has worked with The Indian Express, India Today, The Sunday Mail, The Indian Post, The Illustrated Weekly of India and The Motherland. She is at present consulting editor at The Indian Express, where her popular column, 'Inside Track', appears regularly. Her earlier book, The Emergency: A Personal History, was a bestseller.