Mridula Garg Author

Mridula Garg, formerly lecturer in Delhi University, is one of the most widely read and discussed contemporary Hindi writers. She is the recipient of a number of prestigious awards, including the Vyas Sanman for her novel Kathgulab in 2004; the Sahityakar Sanman, Hindi Academy, Delhi; and M.P. Sahitya Parishad's Awards for Uske Hisse ki Dhoop (novel), and Jadoo ka Kaleen (play). Seema Segal runs the Munshi Premchand Memorial School in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, focusing on the underprivileged. She works with abstracts and landscapes in art, and both reviews and translates literature for children. Krishna Dutt Paliwal, well-known author, was earlier a Reader at IGNOU and also served as Head, Department of Hindi, University of Delhi.