A.N.D. Haksar
Aditya Narayan Dhairyasheel Haksar was born in Gwalior and educated at the Doon School and the universities of Allahabad and Oxford. A well-known translator of Sanskrit classics, he has also had a distinguished career as a diplomat, serving as Indian high commissioner to Kenya and the Seychelles, minister to the United States, and later ambassador to Portugal and Yugoslavia.
His translations from the Sanskrit include Hitopadeśa and Simhāsana Dvātriṃśikā, both published as Penguin Classics, Jatakamala {with a foreword by the Dalai Lama) published by HarperCollins India, and the first-ever rendition of Madhavanala Katha, published by Roli Books as Madhav and Kama. He has also translated from the Sanskrit the stories of the Panchatantram and the Daśa Kumāra Charitam, and some of the plays of Bhasa which were published as The Shattered Thigh & Other Plays by Penguin in 1993. He has also compiled A Treasury of Sanskrit Poetry, which was commissioned by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations.
His translations from the Sanskrit include Hitopadeśa and Simhāsana Dvātriṃśikā, both published as Penguin Classics, Jatakamala {with a foreword by the Dalai Lama) published by HarperCollins India, and the first-ever rendition of Madhavanala Katha, published by Roli Books as Madhav and Kama. He has also translated from the Sanskrit the stories of the Panchatantram and the Daśa Kumāra Charitam, and some of the plays of Bhasa which were published as The Shattered Thigh & Other Plays by Penguin in 1993. He has also compiled A Treasury of Sanskrit Poetry, which was commissioned by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations.
