To Each Her Own

Anita Hashemi Moghaddam is an acclaimed Iranian
artist and painter who has illustrated for many
magazines and publications. Her award-winning
works have been exhibited internationally.
She loves illustrating for children and
taking part in art workshops.

Vijadan Detha's lively, wry, and irreverent folk-based tales have widely been widely, read, loved, and awarded since the 1970's. One of the most prolific writers in Indian Literature today, he has to his credit more than 800 short stories, which have been translated into Hindi, English and other languages. Bijji- as Detha is affectionately called- has a gift for selecting the most provocative tales he hears from his fellow villagers and recreating them in a literary form as engaging and as daring as his oral narrative sources. His short fiction anthologies in Rajasthan include Baatan Ri Phuwaari, Alekum Hitler, Roonkh and Kaboo Rani; while Anokha Ped, Antaral, Phoolwari and Priya Mrinal in Hindi. Apart from writing, Detha has also been working tirelessly for the Rupayan Sansthan, an institute that Detha established in 1960 with Komal Kothari. He is also the recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award for Rajasthani, the Bhartiya Bhasha Parishad Award, the Sahitya Chudamani, the Padma Shri and the Katha Chudamani Award.