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Mridula Garg

Indian writer, writes in Hindi and English languages

Indian writer, writes in Hindi and English languages

Mridula Garg is an Indian writer who writes in Hindi and English languages. She is one of the most widely read Hindi writers today. She has published 27 books in Hindi novels, short story collections, plays and collections of essay – of which she has rendered three into English. Her novels and stories have been translated into a number of Indian and foreign languages like German, Czech, Japanese and English. She was a research associate at the Center for South Asian Studies in the University of California-Berkeley, USA. She has been a columnist, writing on environment, women issues, child servitude and literature. She was honored with number of Awards including Sahitya Akademi Award in 2013.