
Lalit Kumar is a columnist and translator as well as teaches English at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College University of Delhi. His articles have appeared in many renowned national dailies and magazines. Some of his publications include the English co-translation of the Hindi bestseller Twelfth Fail, translation of the Maithili classic Kanyadan, and a co-edited volume on Amaranatha Jha (Sahitya Akademi, forthcoming). Recently, he has received the prestigious Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML), Teen Murti Fellowship. Currently, he is working on the English translation of selected satires of Harishankar Parsai.