Sharat Kumar (born July 29, 1937, Meerut, India) is an Indian writer of both fiction and nonfiction. He is best known for his novels "Orange Moon" (2002, English edition) and "Lal Kothi Alvida" ("Farewell Red House") (2004, Hindi). The latter was made into a Hindi television program of the same name, produced by Balraj Sahni Productions and starring Sahni's son Parikshit Sahni. It began airing in January 2006 on DoorDarshan and is still running. Kumar was the original screenwriter for the TV series, adapting his own novel. July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Meerut is an ancient city located to the north-east of New Delhi in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. ... Hindi (हिन्दी or हिंदी in Devanagari; pronunciation: ), an Indo-European language spoken mainly in northern and central India, is the official language of the Union government of India [1][2]. It is part of a dialect continuum of the Indic family, bounded on the northwest and west by Punjabi, Sindhi, Urdu, and... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Balraj Sahni in Do Bigha Zamin. ... Doordarshan () is a Public broadcast Terrestrial television channel run by Prasar Bharati, a board nominated by the Government of India. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ...

Kumar graduated from the National Defence Academy in 1956 and served as an officer in the Indian Navy until 1966. He then pursued a career as a management consultant, authoring books including "Mind Your Management" (2002), which was named Best Management Book of the Year in India. He has served as a director of the Institute of Management Technology in Ghaziabad. The National Defence Academy of India is the premier national institute of military sciences, and fundamental training college for all prospective officers of the Indian Army, the Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy. ... The Indian Navy (Bharatiya Nau Sena) is the naval branch of the Armed Forces of India. ... Institute of Management Technology (IMT) is one of the Top 10[1] [2] business schools in India and is located at Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. ... Ghaziabad   is an industrial city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. ...

Sources

• Salam, Ziya Us. "A new dawn with 'Orange Moon'", The Hindu, 2003-01-09. Retrieved on 2006-08-22.

• Narayan, Ranjana. "No 'Alvida' to old values", The Hindu, 2004-03-04. Retrieved on 2006-08-22.

• "Telly Buzz", Screen Weekly, 2006-01-06. Retrieved on 2006-08-22.

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External links

• Management article by Sharat Kumar