Sangita P. Menon Malhan is a former journalist who worked with the Delhi Mid Day, The Asian Age, The Statesman and The Times of India. She moved to fulltime writing, translation, editing and teaching in 2008. Her earlier works include a collection of short stories in English, a book of poems in Urdu and an award-winning nonfiction on the media. Prior to this, she was a gold medallist in the National Cadet Corps and a glider pilot, who acquired her Private Pilot's Licence. She has a Diploma in Spanish from the Instituto Cervantes, Madrid; and an Advanced Diploma in French from the Alliance Française, Paris. She keenly follows politics, Art and music; teaches French and is a student of Bengali, Tamil and Gurmukhi. She aspires to become many things: a hyper polyglot, a film maker, an activist. The possibilities remain as endless as her zest for life.