Akshaya Mukul talks about the protagonist of his new biography Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover: The Many Lives of Agyeya. While you have not translated Agyeya’s writing per se, you have brought alive for people who read only/mainly in English the life and personality of a Hindi writer. Kushinagar had a formative influence in Agyeya’s life, especially because his father Hiranand …
How did this extensive literary biography on Sachchidanand Hirananda Vatsyayan happen? The research process involved going through Agyeya’s private papers first. Agyeya’s own papers kept throwing new facts at me about, for instance, his secret lover Kripa Sen and his deep relations with Balraj Sahni. Since you asked to name one particular letter, I will talk of Kripa Sen’s letters …
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