Nirmal Verma (3 April 1929 – 25 October 2005) was a Hindi writer, novelist, activist and translator. He is credited as being one of the pioneers of the Nai Kahani (New Story) literary movement of Hindi literature,wherein his first collection of stories, Parinde (Birds) is considered its first signature. (Source : Wikipedia) (Music: Another love by Tom Odell) (thumbnail: Indianexpress)