Author Info | - Educated at Delhi School of Economics he went on to join teaching in Delhi University while nurturing his interests in literature, art, painting and travelling. He travelled extensively through India especially the Harappan sites of Dholavira, Khirsara, VIJAY KUMAR VICTOR Lothal etc for this novel. He explored the lands of France, Germany, Finland, Spain, Swiss, Italy, Slovakia, Czech, Hungry, Poland, Turkey, Singapore, U.S.A., and Central Asia holding 120 art exhibitions and contributing to newspapers and publishing articles and poetry in many foreign journals of art and literature and delivering lectures. He published a book on art titled Mona Lisa does not smile anymore. Another novel and a collection of poetry are in the pipeline. Veteran journalist Vasantha Iyer wrote about him: One cannot help concluding that Vijay Kumar writes as poignantly as he paints......is his pen more eloquent than his paintbrush? (In Hindustan Times).
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