Ved Rahi is a well-known Dogri writer. He is the author of several books including five novels, three short story collections, one collection of poems and one of essays. He has received many awards and honours including the Sahitya Akademi Award for his short story collection Aale in 1985 and recently the J&K State Academy for Art and Culture award for his novel Lal Ded.

Satnam Kaur is Head, PG. Dept. of English, University of Jammu, A brilliant scholar, her field of specialization is Postmodernist American Literature. She is presently working on the translation of Tarik-e-Jammu from Urdu to English, a project assigned by the University of Jammu