Sanjay Dixit is an IAS officer of the 1986 batch in Rajasthan Cadre. Prior to joining the IAS, he was in the Merchant Navy as an engineer. He sailed the high seas for four years before jumping ashore, landing in the sea of desert.He has done his graduation in Marine Engineering from DMET, Calcutta (as it then was). After joining the IAS, he added three Masters qualifications to his repertoire - in Indian classical music, economics, and software systems; the last one from BITS, Pilani. He also took a professional degree in Law.He has travelled India and the world extensively, first as a merchant mariner and then as an administrator. He was also an active sportsman. He went on to don many hats in sports administration, including that of being Secretary and President of Rajasthan Cricket Association, Secretary of Rajasthan Tennis Association, and member of BCCI Finance Committee.Books by Sanjay Dixit
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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