Vinod Bhardwaj is an art and film critic and writer. Hehas published two collections of poetry (Jalta Makanand Hoshiarpur), one short-story collection (Chiteri),and more than ten books on art and cinema. He has alsocompiled and published an acclaimed encyclopaedia ofmodern art in Hindi. This is his first novel in a trilogy. Thesecond novel, Sachcha Jhooth (Truthful Lies) has alreadybeen published earlier this year.Brij Sharma has worked with The Times of India and KhaleejTimes of Dubai and has been Editor of The Indian Expressin Gujarat. He has also translated into English VinodBhardwaj's Hindi monographs on artist Paramjit Singh andsculptor Ramesh Bisht and translated and contributed to theDhoomimal Art Gallery book on F. N. Souza edited by him.
