Neelkamal Puri (born 14 February 1956) is an Indian author, columnist and a college teacher. Born in

Ludhiana Ludhiana ( ) is the most populous and the largest Cities in India, city in the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab. The city has an estimated population of 1,618,879 2011 Indian census, 2011 census and distributed over , making Ludhiana the ...

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

, she grew up in the princely state of

Patiala Patiala () is a city in southeastern Punjab, India, Punjab, northwestern India. It is the fourth largest city in the state and is the administrative capital of Patiala district. Patiala is located around the ''Qila Mubarak, Patiala, Qila Mubarak ...

, where she did her schooling from the Yadavindra Public School. She was one of the first 30 girls to be admitted to the school, the school being boys only before that. Since 1979, she has worked as a lecturer in English Literature at different colleges in Patiala and Chandigarh. She is currently teaching Literature and Media Studies at the Government College for Girls,

Chandigarh Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which al ...

Books

Neelkamal Puri has written two novels, ''The Patiala Quartet'' published by Penguin India and ''Remember to Forget'' published by Rupa Publications. Noted writer

Khushwant Singh Khushwant Singh (born Khushal Singh, 2 February 1915 – 20 March 2014) was an Indian author, lawyer, diplomat, journalist and politician. His experience in the 1947 Partition of India inspired him to write ''Train to Pakistan'' in 1956 (made ...

described ''The Patiala Quartet'' as among the best works of English fiction written by a Punjabi. After these stories based in cities she was born in and the city she grew up in, Neelkamal Puri is working next on a collection of short stories ''Theka Tales''.

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Women writers from Punjab, India English-language writers from India Indian women novelists Punjabi people Sikh writers 1956 births Living people 20th-century Indian women writers 20th-century Indian novelists Panjab University alumni Writers from Ludhiana Novelists from Punjab, India {{India-writer-stub