About the Author

One of the country's leading poets, Gulzar has published a number of poetry anthologies and collections of short stories. He is also regarded as one of India's finest writers for children. Apart from many Filmfare and National Awards for his films and lyrics-and an Oscar and Grammy for the song Jai ho-Gulzar has received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2002 and the Padma Bhushan in 2004. He lives and works in Mumbai. Pavan K. Varma is a writer and diplomat. His books include The Great Indian Middle Class, Being Indian and Becoming Indian, all published by Penguin. Apart from Gulzar's Selected Poems, he has translated Kaifi Azmi's and Atal Bihari Vajpayee's poetry into English for Penguin.