She is the author/editor of three earlier books: Not Slave, Not Free (Shuter and Shooter, Pietermaritzburg, 1992), From Canefields to Freedom: a Chronicle of Indian South African Life (Kwela Books, Cape Town, 2000) and Sita: The Memoirs of Sita Gandhi (Durban Local History Museums and SA History Online, Durban, 2003). She is also Manilal Gandhi's granddaughter.