Manju Kapur


Manju Kapur is an Indian novelist. Her first novel, Difficult Daughters, won the 1999 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, best first book, Europe and South Asia.

Personal life

She is married to Gun Nidhi Dalmia; they have three children and three grandchildren, and live in New Delhi.

Awards and honors

Manju Kapur's novel "Custody" has been the basis of daily soap operas on several Indian television channels in various languages:
Other than these, Pardes Mein Hai Mera Dil, being which was telecasted on Star Plus under Ekta Kapoor's production house Balaji Telefilms is based on Manju Kapoor's novel "The Immigrant".

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