Chandra Jain's Biography

All writing is communication; creative writing is communication through revelation—it is the Self escaping into the open."
—E.B. White
She was born in Calcutta and spent her formative years in Delhi. She graduated in Economics(Honours) from Miranda House, Delhi University. She received her post graduation in Economics from Jawahar Lal Nehru University New Delhi. For a brief while she taught Economics in Delhi University as a lecturer. She did her research on the ‘Changing Agrarian relations and it’s Socio-Economic impact on development’ from Rajasthan University. Her husband’s postings offered her an opportunity to travel in the state, which boasts of palaces and forts of a bygone era; which forms a backdrop to many of her tales. Time seemed to stand still all one had to do was brush away the sands to recall a tale of surprising intensity. She is presently staying in Jaipur.
An anthology of her short stories ‘Memsaheb and the Thief’ has been published by Bumblebee Publishers New Delhi ISBN 81-904987-1-1

She can be found on her website www.freewebs.com/memsahebandthethief/