Farrukh Dhondy is a well known writer of scripts for stage, television and radio, and the author of over 30 fiction and non-fiction books. He was born in Poona (now Pune) and went to school and college there before getting a scholarship to Cambridge, UK. He has worked at odd jobs, been a political activist in immigrant groups in Britain and a Commissioning Editor for Channel 4 TV, UK. He has also produced around 20 films and several stage plays.