Sukhmani Roy

A direct descendant (from the maternal side) of Vishnubhatji Godse, Sukhmani Roy works as Head, Dept. of English at Smt P N Doshi Womens'College, Ghatkopar, Mumbai. Her fine translations of Kamal Desai's two Marathi novels published by Stree, Culcutta under the title: 'The Dark Sun & The Woman who Wore a Hat'(1999) won wide critical acclaim. Her translation of Kabir's 'Saakhis'into Marathi (Padmagandha, 2010), too bear witness to her skills for literary translation. Besides these she has sporadically published short-stories, poems and literary articles in Marathi; and has also translated into English short stories of other Indian women writers. Sukhmani Roy's areas of research and interest are feminism and post-modernism. Her articles in these fields have been published in international publications. She had a short stint as Hindi Officer at HIL, Rasayani and has been working as a free lance copywriter in Marathi.