About the author
Govind Mishra is a well-established Hindi novelist and short-story writer. In the creative span spread over fi fty years, he has to his credit fifty-three books including ten novels, several collections of short stories and a volume of poetry. He received the Vyas Samman for Paanch Aangno Wala Ghar (The House with Five Courtyards) in 1998, the Sahitya Akademi Award for Kohre Mein Kaid Rang in 2008 and the Subramanyam Bharati Award in 2000.
