Dr Harish Dhillon is the author of fifteen books, including First Raj of the Sikhs: The Life and Times of Banda Singh Bahadur and Love Stories from Punjab. He has taught English for forty-seven years. He has also written numerous articles, features and short stories. Starting his career at Lucknow University, he first moved to Lawrence School, Sanawar (in Himachal Pradesh) and then on to the two Yadavindra Public Schools at Patiala and Mohali (near Chandigarh). After his retirement, he did long-term assignments as editorial consultant to The Tribune, Chandigarh and advisor to the Board of Governors of the two Yadavindra Public Schools. He lived in Dharampur amidst the Shimla hills, close to Sanawar and to Jubar, the place where he was born.