Vyasa And Vighneshwara

Anand is the pseudonym of P Sachidananda who was born in 1936, in Irinjalakuda , Kerala. He graduated in Civil Engineering from Trivandrum engineering college and has worked as a Commissioned Officer in the Indian Army. He is known for his thought provoking works of fiction and his major works are Aalkoottam, Abayarthikal, Marubhoomikal Untakunnathu ( which has been translated into English as Desert Shadows and published by Penguin India etc.) . He has also written a few collections of short stories , two plays and two articles. Anand has received various awards for his writing including the Kerala and Kendriya Sahitya Akademi awards.

She is presently the Director and Chief Editor of the Viveka Foundation, a Centre for Alternative Perspectives, basically to focus on publishing for individual and social transformation. She has also been closely associated with SPICMACAY (Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth) for several years. In 1992, she started The Eye magazine, an India-oriented magazine of ideas and was its editor till 1998.
Translations have always interested her. She has translated from Malayalam into English and vice-versa. She has also edited for Penguin India and The Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts. Rukmini now lives in Delhi.

He holds a post-graduate degree in English Literature and a M Phil (Comparative Litt) degree from the University of Hyderabad. He is a lecturer in English at M S University, Baroda. He is currently pursuing research at the University of Hyderabad.