Alistair Stuart MacLean (Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair MacGill-Eain), the son of a Scots Minister, was brought up in the Scottish Highlands. In 1941, at the age of eighteen, he joined the Royal Navy; two …
Sudha Murty was born in 1950 in Shiggaon in north Karnataka. She did her MTech in computer science, and is now the chairperson of the Infosys Foundation. A prolific writer in English and Kannada, she …
Deepti Naval is an Indian actress, director, and writer, predominantly active in Hindi cinema. Her major contribution has been in the area of art cinema, winning critical acclaim for her sensitive and…
In 1920, Khandekar started working as a school teacher in a small town.He worked in that school until 1938.While working as a teacher,Khandekar produced in his spare time abundant Marathi literature i…
Matkari's first work, the one-act play Wedi Manase,was presented in 1955 on All India Radio in Mumbai.His play Pahuni was presented the next year at another venue.
Dr. Vijaya Wad is a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India, and has written several books. She has written in various genres like novel, story, poem, biography, travelogue. The novels like 'Abhogi', '…