Ratan Kumar Sambharia

Ratan Kumar Sambharia was born in Bharawas village in Rewaridistrict, Haryana, and has lived and worked in Rajasthan for over35 years. He is the author of five collections of short stories, twocollections of plays and a book on the celebrated Hindi writerPremchand and his associations with Dalit society. He is the editor ofDr Ambedkar: An Inspiring Life and his literary criticism and storieshave been published in Hindi magazines. He has won several awardsfor his work, including the Sahara Samay Katha Award from the vicepresident of India, for his story, `Chapadasan? (The Attendant).More than 25 PhD and MPhil scholars are working on his literarycontributions, and his stories and plays are a part of the curriculumin Rajasthan University. His work has been translated into Marathi,Gujarati, Sindhi, Punjabi, Kannada, Malayalam and Oriya languages.