I wish to express my sincere thanks to Ambar Sahil Chatterjee for having guided me gently but firmly through the arduous process of grooming this translation for publication.
I wish to thank Shatarupa Ghoshal for her robust and meticulous editing of the text. I enjoyed working with her.
I am deeply obliged to Sivapriya for reading the work and encouraging me to submit the manuscript to Penguin Random House.
Padmini Rajappa