Bharati Mukherjee was born in Calcutta on 27 July, 1940. She got B.A. Hons in English from the University of Calcutta and obtained M.A. in English from the University of Baroda in 1961. She went to the University of Lowa to attend the writers’ workshop in 1963. There she met a Canadian fellow who was a journalist and Professor in the university and married him in North American style in 1963. She remained in Canada till 1980 and did the teaching at McGill University and Concordia University. She migrated to U.S.A. from Canada in 1980 and joined Queens College, New York for a short period. She ultimately joined as Professor of English at the University of California. She won many awards. She was awarded National Book Critics Circle Award for the collection of her short stories.
Associate Professor and Head, Dept. of English, Samta College, Jandaha B.R. Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur
