Crossroads after Crossroads after CrossroadsUpdated at May 25, 2024, 00:03
A story by Sheila Sandhu (b. 1924) is a legendary figure in Hindi publishing. One of
the first women in the country to head a publishing house, she was also the
first—and for a long time, the only—woman member of the Federation of
Indian Publishers. She was a co-founder of Mainstream and Managing
Director of Rajkamal Prakashan, a fine literary press established by Aruna
Asaf Ali. She is the founder trustee of the I.C. Trust which identifies those
individuals or institutions that fall outside the NGO net, for welfare aid; they
could be villages in cyclone or earthquake-hit areas that have not been
reached by other agencies; or a medical relief organisation; even barefoot
teachers without institutional support.