Manoj Rupda is based in Nagpur, Maharashtra, and is the author of the novels,Kaale Adhyaay and Pratisansaar,and the collections of stories,Tower of Silence and Saaz-Naasaaz,among other books. He is a recipient of the Indu Sharma Katha Puraskar and the Vanmali Katha Samman. His story, “Tower of Silence”, in Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar’s translation, has been published in the Summer 2022 issue ofThe Dalhousie Review.