About the author
Rachna Bisht Rawat is a journalist, writer, mom to a precocious twelve year old and gypsy wife to an army officer whose work has taken the Rawats to some of the quirkiest places in India. Rachna has written for publications such as the Statesman, Indian Express, Deccan Herald, Outlook, Discover India and Femina.
She is a 2005 Harry Brittain fellow and winner of the 2006 Commonwealth Press Union quarterly's Rolls Royce Award. Her first story 'Munni Mausi', was Highly Commended in the 2008-09 Commonwealth Short Story Competition. Her first book was The Brave: Param Vir Chakra's Stories, published by Penguin.