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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
The stories in this collection recall the events of the seventh and eighth decades of the twentieth century. It was a traumatic and unforgettable period for those who lived in the Eastern and North Eastern parts of the country. The period covered three wars: the emergence of Naxalism, the birth of Bangladesh, the imposition of Emergency and its aftermath.
Ramarao Annavarapu
Ramarao Annavarapu was born in Guntur AP and educated in Nagpur, Maharastra. After teaching for three years, he joined the Indian Railways Traffic Service and worked in different capacities on the Indian Railways. He retired as Chief Operations Manager, Eastern Railway, Kolkata in 1991. He has visited several countries including USA, UK, Europe, Nepal, Singapore, Indonesia and Ghana.
Ramarao started writing while working for the railways and published several articles on varied subjects, including the translation of poems and songs of Rabindranath Tagore and others. He has published two collections of short stories and two books on railway history, apart from translations of a set of stories from Telugu.
