![]() ![]() She taught English in a Delhi University college for a few years, then opted to become a homemaker. When he converted to Christianity and married an indigo planter's daughter, he had to leave his community and settled in Almora.ĭeepa did her master's in English from the University of Allahabad, where she met her future husband Dilip. Her grandfather belonged to a nomadic tribe known as the Shaukas, who traveled to Tibet to trade. ![]() Deepa's family history too, has inspired books like CARAVAN TO TIBET. Childhood escapades have provided material for stories like "Fire", about an incident when she and her friend accidentally set the pine forest around her home on fire. One of six siblings, Deepa spent her childhood in the picturesque Kumaon region which forms the background of many of her books. Her father was a doctor and her mother a schoolteacher. Deepa Agarwal, nee Rawat, was born in Almora, Uttarakhand, a small town in the Himalayan region of India.
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