Manju Kapur

Manju Kapur is a proficient Indian writer and novelist. She won the 1999 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (Eurasia Section) for her first published work, “Difficult Daughters,” published in 1998. The novel was also a number one best seller in India.

Her other famous published works include Home Click to look into! >> Read More... , A Married Woman, Custody, The Immigrant and, Shaping the World: Women Writers on Themselves. Her novel Custody was adapted as the Television show ‘ Yeh Hai Mohabbatein Yeh hai Mohabbatein is an Indian soap opera of the >> Read More... ’ on TV channel Star Plus.

A Malayalam Tv Show ‘ Pranayam Pranayam is a Malayalam television soap opera. It >> Read More... ’ is also based on her novel Custody. Manju Kapoor was born in Amritsar, Punjab on January 1st, 1948. She did her masters. in the year 1972. She went to Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.

Manju completed her M.Phil from Delhi University. Her first work was rebuffed by publishers several times. She amended her novel, cut down and refined it before finally publishing it. Manju’s one of the specific traits is that she works on different novels at the same time, which is quite remarkable.

It took Manju eight years to finish the first book, Difficult Daughters. Manju has a peculiar way of writing as she first draws her ideas and feelings before converting it into art. She claims herself to be a feminist. She feels that when depicting the relationship between a man and a woman, the viewpoint of a feminist is inescapable.

Her first novel Difficult Daughters is a tale of a young woman, Virmati living in Amritsar in a stringent and somber house. The story revolves around her love interest with a professor and her battle for freedom. Difficult daughters is a sign to understanding that when a woman quests for her existence and identity, she is stigmatized as a rough daughter by the family as well as the society.

Her second novel was ‘A Married Woman’ which is a story about a girl named Astha, an upper middle class, working women from Delhi. It is an alluring, genuine and provocative story of love, sentiments and profound attachment set at the time of spiritual chaos.

‘Home’ is her third novel. It’s the story of a cloth businessman Banwarilal and his family living in Karol Bagh, Delhi. The story portrays a family’s benchmarks overlooked by the young generation. It also depicts the image of women moving on from a conservative society and their norms.

Manju Kapur is married to Gun Nidhi Dalmia and lives in Delhi. She has three children and three grandchildren. She teaches English literature at Miranda House College, Delhi University.