Dhruba Hazarika

Dhruba Hazarika is a novelist, short-story writer and columnist. The Shoot is his fourth published book, the previous three being two novels, A Bowstring Winter and Sons of Brahma, and a collection of stories, Luck. He has also been a columnist for 40 years, writing for The Telegraph, The Sentinel and The Assam Tribune. Dhruba is the recipient of the Katha Award for Fiction and the DY 365 Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. He divides his time between Guwahati and Shillong.