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Mridula Garg (born 1938) is an Indian writer who writes in Hindi and English languages. [1] [2] She has published over 30 books in Hindi – novels, short story collections, plays and collections of essays – including several translated into English. [3]
Gaura Pant (17 October 1923 [1] – 21 March 2003), better known as Shivani, was a Hindi writer of the 20th century and a pioneer in writing Indian women-centric fiction. She was awarded the Padma Shri for her contribution to Hindi literature in 1982.
Arupa Kalita Patangia was born in 1956 [1] and is an Indian novelist and short story writer and known for her fiction writing in Assamese. [2] [3] Her literary awards include: the Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad award, the Katha Prize and the Prabina Saikia Award.
Panchakanya, a pre-1945 lithograph from Ravi Varma Press.. The Panchakanya (Sanskrit: पञ्चकन्या, romanized: Pañcakanyā, lit. 'Five maidens') is a group of five iconic women of the Hindu epics, extolled in a hymn and whose names are believed to dispel sin when recited.
[5] [4] In post-Puranic epic poems in Sanskrit and Hindi, she has been described as "chaste and revered" and with a character that is "unblemished, inspiring and worthy of imitation". [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In the Hindu culture , there are several beliefs, practices and traditions centred on Arundhati including a ritual in the marriage ceremony after the ...
Mannu Bhandari (3 April 1931 – 15 November 2021) was an Indian author, screenplay writer, teacher, and playwright. Primarily known for her two Hindi novels, Aap Ka Bunty (Your Bunty) and Mahabhoj (Feast), Bhandari also wrote over 150 short stories, several other novels, screenplays for television and film, and adaptations for theater.
Daisy Rockwell (born 1969) [1] is an American Hindi and Urdu language translator and artist. She has translated a number of classic works of Hindi and Urdu literature, including Upendranath Ashk's Falling Walls, Bhisham Sahni's Tamas, and Khadija Mastur's The Women's Courtyard.
Geetanjali Shree (Hindi pronunciation: [giːt̪ãːˈd͡ʒəlɪ ʃɾiː]; born 12 June 1957), also known as Geetanjali Pandey, [a] is an Indian Hindi-language novelist and short-story writer based in New Delhi, India. She is the author of several short stories and five novels.