About the author
Kamleshwar was born in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, in 1932. He did his master's in Hindi from Allahabad University in 1954 and soon afterwards started working as a scriptwriter for Doordarshan. In the course of a glorious career as a writer, he has written ten collections of short stories, ten novels and over thirty books in genres as diverse as literary criticism, travelogue and memoir. As a journalist he has been associated with the Dainik Jagaran (1990-92) and the Dainik Bhaskar (1996-2002) among other important assignments. In the electronic media he has been the additional director general of Doordarshan and has written TV serials like Darpan, Ek Kahani, Chandrakanta and Yug, apart from producing and directing various TV programmes and documentaries. He has also been a prolific scriptwriter in films with such acclaimed and popular films as Sara Aakash, Aandhi, Mausam, Rajanigandha, Choti Si Baat and Mr Natwarlal to his credit. He has been the recipient of various awards including the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2003. He lives in Delhi.
