Chandrakanta was a prominent Hindi author, born on 3 September 1938 in Srinagar. Her father was Prof. Ramchandra Pandit, who was an English teacher. Watching her father run an entire campaign for safeguarding Hindi language in Kashmir, she developed a profound respect for the national language and her writing is like a tribute to its legacy.Chandrakanta has seen the many provinces of India very closely - from Kashmir to Kanyakumari; from Attock to Cuttack - which makes her stories invaluable for their creative style and effective vehicles of their message, 'unity in diversity'. The lifestyle of various provinces, the spectrum of the colours of folk culture and traditions, come alive in these stories by Chandrakanta.
