Mukunda Rao teaches English at Dr. Ambedkar Degree College, Bangalore. He is the author ofConfessions of a Sannyasi (1988), The Mahatma: A Novel (1992), The Death of an Activist (1997), Babasaheb Ambedkar: Trials with Truth (2000), Rama Revisited and Other Stories (2002) and Chinnamani’s World (2003). He lives with his wife and son in Bangalore.