30 January - 3 February 2025 | Hotel Clarks Amer, Jaipur
Mridula Garg is proficient in both Hindi and English. She has written prolifically in Hindi, covering various genres, including 8 novels, 4 plays, 6 collections of essays, and 90 short stories. Additionally, she has authored 1 novel in English, titled The Last Email. Her most recent publication is a memoir titled VE NAYAAB AURTEIN, reflecting on her life experiences. Garg has earned several awards, including the 2004 Vyas Samman for her novel Kathgulab and the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2013 for Miljul Mann. She was also honoured with the Hellman-Hammett Grant by The Human Rights Watch, New York, in 2001. Her novel Chittacobra has been translated into English, French, Russian, and German. Miljul Mann is available in Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, Rajasthani, and Malayalam. Kathgulab has been translated into Marathi, Malayalam, and Japanese. Anity is available in English and Marathi, and Main Aur Main in Odiya and Marathi. In 1990, she served as the keynote speaker at the UN Colloquium for Women at IOWA and worked as a Research Associate at UC Berkeley, USA.