The author 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 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. Marriage brought her to Rajasthan a desert state, where time appears to stand still. The veil separating the past from the present is thin. She could sense the fact that the history which shaped the destiny of the place hadn't been lost. The violent and blinding sandstorms which blows through the hot summer months, revealed new shapes and contours to her, telling a different tale each time. 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.