The author. Dr.(Major)P. Premanjali is a retired army officer and a radiologist. She is the first daughter of Mr.V.P.Purushotham Advocate and T.S.Sarojini Devi. Her mother was the first lady headmistress of the government higher secondary school Tamilnadu and an honorary presidency magistrate of the juvenile court. The author is a regular contributor of articles to the Hindu, and Indian Express and has many articles and papers published in national and international journals to her credit. She is a veena player, a good cook, and a gardener all rolled into one. She had a flair for enacting dramas and plays which she enacted at the Kalaivanar Arangam Chennai. She is a voracious leader of English literature mainly of romantic genre. She has mastered the Thirukural and has read the Bhagavad Gita thrice so far.The author in her book "Remember at 70" traces her journey of life from Besantnagar to Baramullah. She donned the military uniform with great pride and is now spending the twilight years of her life in an old age home.