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Krishna Sobti Author Krishna Sobti Is One Of The Most Respected Writers In The Hindi Canon. She Won The Sahitya Akademi Award In 1980 For Her Novel Zindaginama , And In 1996 Was Awarded The Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, The Highest Award Of The Akademi. In 2017, She Received The Jnanpith Award For Her Contribution To Indian Literature. Daisy Rockwell Translator Daisy Rockwell Is An Artist, Writer And Translator Living In Northern New England, Usa. Apart From Her Essays On Literature And Art, She Has Written Upendranath Ashk: A Critical Biography , The Little Book Of Terror And The Novel Taste . Her Highly Acclaimed Translations Include, Among Others, Upendranath Ashk's Falling Walls And Bhisham Sahni's Tamas , Published In Penguin Classics. A Powerful Feminist Novel Of The Aftermath Of The Partition By A Legend Of Hindi Literature Delhi, 1947. The City Surges With Partition Refugees. Eager To Escape The Welter Of Pain And Confusion That Surrounds Her, Young Krishna Applies On A Whim To A Position At A Preschool In The Princely State Of Sirohi, Itself On The Cusp Of Transitioning Into The Republic Of India. She Is Greeted On Arrival With Condescension For Her Refugee Status, And Treated With Sexist Disdain By Zutshi Sahib, The Man Charged With Hiring For The Position. Undaunted, Krishna Fights Back. But When An Opportunity To Become Governess To The Child Maharaja Tej Singh Bahadu