The Brave: Param Vir Chakra Stories About the Author Rachna Bisht Rawat is a journalist, writer, mom to a precocious 12-yearold, and gypsy wife to an Army officer whose work has taken the Rawats to some of the quirkiest places in India.  Rachna is a 2005 Harry Brittain fellow and winner of the 2006 Commonwealth Press Quarterly's Rolls Royce Award. Her first story, 'Munni Mausi', was a winner in the 2008-09 Commonwealth Short Story Competition. This is her first book.