A Book of Light: When a Loved one has a Different Mind

Jerry Pinto is a poet, novelist, translator and journalist based in Mumbai. His books include the novels Em and the Big Hoom (winner of the Hindu Literary Prize and the Crossword Book Award) and Murder in Mahim (winner of the Valley of Words Award); and the non-fiction book Helen: The Life and Times of an H-Bomb (winner of the National Award for the Best Book on Cinema). Among his other works are widely acclaimed translations from Marathi, including the autobiographies of Daya Pawar (Baluta) and Malika Amar Shaikh (I Want to Destroy Myself); Baburao Bagul’s first collection of stories (When I Hid My Caste); and Sachin Kundalkar’s debut novel (Cobalt Blue). In 2016, Jerry Pinto was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award and Yale University’s Windham-Campbell Prize.