Ko ia te tamahine tuarua o te kaituhi rongonui a Kannada me te kaituhi a Sriranga. I whanau ia i Karnataka, i kuraina i Bombay (naianei ko Mumbai) me Bangalore. Kei Mumbai, i ako ia i te mahi nūpepa i te Vidya Bhavan me te mahi mo etahi marama hei kairipoata mo te maheni 'Onlooker'.I whakaputaina e ia tana kohinga tuatahi o nga korero poto i te 1978, me tana pukapuka tuatahi, 'The Dark Holds No Terror', i te 1980. I toa ia i te Tohu Akoranga Sahitya Akademi mo te pukapuka That Long Silence i te 1990 me te Tohu Padma Shri i te 2009. Ko tana pukapuka Shadow Play i whakaingoatia mo te Tohu Pukapuka Hindu i te 2014.
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