Natasha Badhwar was born in Ranchi, grew up in Kolkata and refused to accept Delhi as home for the next three decades. She is the author of My Daughters' Mum - A book of permissions to love, laugh, heal and find one's way home, adapted from her popular column ‘My Daughters’ Mum’ in Mint Lounge. Along with Harsh Mander and John Dayal, she has co-edited the book, Reconciliation - Karwan e Mohabbat’s Journey of Solidarity through a Wounded India.Natasha began her career in broadcast journalism with New Delhi Television (NDTV) as the first female videographer in news television in India. She quit thirteen years later as vice president, training and development. She now works as an independent film-maker, media trainer and columnist. She is a member of the Karwan e Mohabbat, a citizen's initiative that seeks justice and livelihoods for victims of hate crimes across India.She lives in New Delhi with her husband and three daughters.Books by Natasha Badhwar
Mulk Raj Anand (12 December 1905 – 28 September 2004) was an Indian writer in English, notable for his depiction of the lives of the poorer castes in traditional Indian society. One of the pioneers of Indo-Anglian fiction, he, together with R. K. Narayan, Ahmad Ali and Raja Rao, was one of the first India-based writers in English to gain an International readership. Anand is admired for his novels and short stories, which have acquired the status of classics of modern Indian English literature; they are noted for their perceptive insight into the lives of the oppressed and for their analysis of impoverishment, exploitation and misfortune.He became known for his protest novel “Untouchable” (1935), followed by other works on the Indian poor such as “Coolie” (1936) and “Two Leaves and a Bud” (1937). Books by Mulk Raj Anand The Singing Line Drawings By Hebbar The Indian Theatre Death of a Hero Reflections on a White Elephant Splendours of Kerala Lost Child and Other Stories Tri...
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