Pratyaksha

Pratyaksha writes both in English and Hindi and has published eleven books from major publishers like Harper, Juggernaut, Rajkamal, Aadhar, Bynge and Gyanpeeth. Her books have won critical acclaim and love from readers as well as senior writers. She has won a number of awards, among them the Indo Norwegian Award, Sonbhadra Katha Samman, Hans Katha Samman, Krishna Baldev Vaid Fellowship and has also been a resident of Sangam House.

She also paints and is passionately into music when she gets time after working five and sometimes six days a week as Chief General Manager at Powergrid Corporation of India ltd. She lives currently in Gurgaon. She shares her home with her husband, two wonderful grown up children, a cockatoo and a darling dog.