VaasanthiVAASANTHI is a leading writer, journalist and columnist in Tamil and English. She has published 30 novels, six collections of short stories, four volumes of journalistic articles and four travelogues in Tamil in the last 40 years. She was the editor f the Tamil edition of India Today for nine years. Her articles have appeared in leading Indian newspapers and magazines. Her works have been translated into Malayalam, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, English, Norwegian, Czech and Dutch. Two of her novels have been made into films in Malayalam. She is the recipient of many awards in Tamil Nadu including the Best Short Story award of Tamil Nadu, the Best Novel Award for Ammani, and the Gnana Bharathi Award. She has received the UP Sahitya Sansthan award and the Punjab Sahitya Akademi award for her novels translated into Hindi and English, respectively.Now a freelance writer and journalist, she lives in Delhi. Read More Read Less