Anil Yadav

Anil Yadav is a writer and a journalist well renowned for both his fiction and non-fiction, the novella Gausevak and the travelogue Keeda Jadi being his best-known works. For the former, he was awarded the coveted Hans Katha Samman in 2019. For his research centred on Naxalism and tribal life, he travelled to remote regions in the north-eastern part of India. He was also awarded a media fellowship by the Centre for Science and Environment. His other published
works include Is That Even a Country, Sir!, an account of his travels in North-east India; Sonam Gupta Bewafa Nahi Hai, a collection of editorials; and Anya Kahaniyan aur Aprem, a short story collection. He has translated Indians: A Brief History of a Civilization into Hindi as well. Courtesans Don’t Read Newspapers is his second work to appear in English.