![]() “I got about writing for children because I enjoy it more than writing for adults,” he says. Lal’s writing career is an inspiration for many but equally overwhelming is his humble residence next to the Nicholson Cemetery in New Delhi – an intriguing mix of greenery, bliss and aesthetic beauty. In 2010, Faces in the Water won the Crossword-Vodafone Award for Children’s Fiction and the Ladli Media Award for Gender Sensitivity in 2011-2012. ![]() His works include, the much-acclaimed and widely read The Bossman Adventures, Enjoying Birds, Faces in the Water, and The Crow Chronicles. Ranjit Lal is one of India’s foremost nature writers who also writes books for children. ![]() Ranjit Lal at his residence that is next to the Nicholson Cemetery in Delhi.(Harikrishna Katragadda/ MINT) Undisturbed by his silent neighbours in the capital’s Nicholson Cemetery, Ranjit Lal has penned numerous works of fiction and nonfiction for both adults and children in a career spanning several decades. ![]()
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