Hailing from the Kumaon Himalayas, Sunita Pant Bansal is a mythologist and a storyteller. She has been writing for four decades and has written numerous articles, stories, created board games and produced short films. In her long and illustrious career, Sunita has also headed publishing houses, founded-edited newspapers and magazines for readers in India as well as in the US and UK. Her forte is to decode Hindu scriptures to show their relevance and application in today’s times. Sunita has authored 25 books for adults and young adults decoding the philosophy of mythology and hundreds of books for children on folk literature and scriptures, which are sold in multiple languages globally. She explores and reinterprets the timelessness of characters from the epics and foundational texts in her stories, seamlessly blending mythology and history with real life. Sunita’s bestsellers are KRISHNA The Management Guru and Everyday Gita, both published by Rupa Publications India. Her latest book is The Return of Vikram and Betaal published by Readomania.
