Mimi Correia-Afonso Desai was born in 1932 in Goa, at that time Portuguese India, where she spent her childhood and teenage years. She qualified as a doctor from Bombay University ...view moreMimi Correia-Afonso Desai was born in 1932 in Goa, at that time Portuguese India, where she spent her childhood and teenage years. She qualified as a doctor from Bombay University and worked in India, Tanzania, and then England where she now lives.
Her interests are geology, travel, languages, ancient history and knitting. She has three children and six grandchildren. This is her second book.view less