AS I AM: An Autobiography

Dr Kusum Ansal studied masters in Psychology from Aligarh University and earned Doctorate in Hindi Literature from Punjab University, Chandigarh in 1987.  She has about twenty five books to her credit including short stories, collection of poems, novels, travelogues and autobiography.  Some of her book have been translated into Urdu, Greek, Russian and Punjabi.  She also wrote dialogues and screenplay for the film 'Panchvati'.  The film was directed by late Basu Battacharya and the actors were Dipti Naval.  Suresh Oberoi and Akbar Khan.  Panchavati was selected for film festival in 1990 and was exhibited in film festivals held at Tokyo, Toronto and Tashkent.  Her latest novel 'The Widow of Vrindavan' is highly acclaimed and deals with lives of those widows of Bengal who are forced to live in the gritty ashrams of Vrindavan, where thy are mistreated, tortured, starved and sold.  She is the recipient of prestigious awards like 'Punjabi Academy Award 1987'. 'Hindi Sansthan amit Puraskar of Uttar Pradesh 2004' and 'Hindi Academy Sahityakar Sammaan 2005'.