Maya Kalyanpur

An alumnus of The Rishi Valley School ( J Krishnamurthi Foundation) and Miranda

House, Delhi, Maya started her career as a lecturer in English at the Delhi University

soon after completion of her post-graduation. After marriage, she moved to Mumbai

and began a career in copy writing in the field of advertising. Her passion for writing

was the start of her journalistic career spanning well over thirty years. She has written

on a variety of subjects ranging from Travel, Parenting, Spirituality, Pop Culture and

Humour for magazines and newspapers like Times of India, Deccan Herald, Free Press

Journal, Independent, Femina, Care and Eve’s Weekly.

Maya accompanied her husband to Japan where they were posted. While in Tokyo she

was a regular contributor to the Japan Times. Her husband’s next assignment took them

to Dubai where Maya enjoyed a parallel career teaching English at a British

International school besides being a weekly columnist for The Khaleej Times.

Widely travelled, a trip through Rajasthan with a group of friends encouraged Maya to

share her experiences in the form of a book. Her first novel The Bangle Seller was thus

born. Her second novel On the Crest of a Wave highlights the life and culture of a small

fishing community off the coast of Chennai.

Maya has been involved in voluntary social work and teaching underprivileged children.

Besides, she is also a palmist and believes in psychic phenomena and the power of the

mind. Her other interests are painting, philosophy, reiki, meditation and homeopathy.