Equally proficient in Hindi and English, Mridula Garg has written in almost every genre—eight novels, four plays, four collections of essays, two memoirs of fellow writers, a travel account, twenty poems in Hindi and English, and eighty-six short stories. Of the number of accolades she has received over the years, Kathgulab (1996) was awarded the Vyas Samman in 2004 and Miljul Mann (2010), the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2013. She also received the Hellman-Hammet Grant from The Human Rights Watch, New York in 2001.
