Margaret Alva is a former parliamentarian who has worked with four prime ministers — Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, PV Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh – and was governor of four states. In her autobiography Courage & Commitment, she writes of her journey as a politician, her courage, her trials and her confrontations with various leaders. Over the years, Alva witnessed several significant turns in India’s political narrative from close quarters. She spoke to BULA DEVI.