Sangita P Menon Malhan is a Delhi-based, former journalist. She worked at the Delhi Mid Day, The Statesman, and The Times of India, before experimenting with creative writing. In 2010, her short stories – Rastapherian’s Tales – were published by the Writers Workshop. In 2011, without having a working knowledge of Urdu, and while she was studying Bengali, she began writing poetry in the magical language. Her collection of poems in Urdu, Nusrat-e-Gham (The Triumph of Grief) was published in 2012 by Arshia Publications, following which she began studying the Urdu script. Her non-fiction on the greatest transformation that took place in the Indian media in the 1980s and 1990s – The TOI Story: How a Newspaper changed the Rules of the Game – was published recently by Harper Collins. Prior to this, she was a national gliding champion, and had acquired a Private Pilot’s Licence. Currently, she is a freelance editor and translator; she teaches French, and is picking up Spanish.
