The Roof Beneath Their Feet

Geetanjali ShreeGeetanjali Shree has written four novels – Mai, Tirohit, Hamara Sheher Us Baras and Khali Jagah – and two collections of short stories in Hindi. Also to her credit is Between Two Worlds: An Intellectual Biography of Premchand.  Her stories have been translated into Gujarati, English, German, Serbian and Japanese.  Her novel Khali Jagah has been translated into Urdu in Pakistan and is being translated into English now. The English translation of Mai was shortlisted for the Hutch-Crossword Translation Award in 2000. She has received the Indu Sharma Katha Sammaan, Hindi Akademi Sahityakar Sammaan and Dwijdev Sammaan for her contribution to Hindi literature. Read More