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for publication but later requested the publisher not to go ahead with the print as the story was non-fictional and included a real-life story. However, the editor went ahead with the publication by changing the author's name to 'Vaidehi'. This name stuck in her later writings as well as she gained
188:, Karnataka. She grew up in a large traditional Brahmin family. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Commerce from the Bhandarkar College in Kundapura. Her father is a lawyer and her mother was a homemaker. At home, a dialect of Kannada called
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is spoken and she uses this dialect in her works as well. Vaidehi became her pen-name under unusual circumstances. Early in her writing career, she had sent a story to the
Kannada weekly magazine
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Vaidehi married to K. L. Srinivasa Murthy at the age of 23. The couple have two daughters, Nayana
Kashyap and Pallavi Rao. After marriage Vaidehi moved to Shivamogga. Later the family moved to
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fiction. Vaidehi is one of the most successful women writers in the language and a recipient of prestigious national and state-level literary awards. She has won the
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is a translator, Kannada writer and
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was born on 12 February 1945. She is an Indian feminist writer and well-known writer of modern
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Geetha Desai Datti Nidhi (1985, 1992) by
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Katha Award (1992, 1997) by Katha
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Vaidehi has won numerous awards for her writings in
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669:. Chennai, India. 1 January 2010. Archived from
213:where she currently resides. Vaidehi's daughter
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693:. Chennai, India. 20 May 2009. Archived from
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528:Sadodita Award (2001) by Shashwathi Trust
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396:Hakki Haadu
386:Surya Banda
366:Danadangura
308:Asprushyaru
102:Nationality
754:Categories
744:Literature
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256:hagga Kate
176:Early life
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61:1945-02-12
720:Biography
690:The Hindu
666:The Hindu
407:Biography
332:Parijatha
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182:Kundapura
171:Biography
167:in 2009.
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551:See also
139:Children
86:Pen name
71:Kundapur
706:Portals
211:Manipal
153:Vaidehi
131:Partner
89:Vaidehi
55:Vasanti
36:Vaidehi
18:Vasanti
467:Awards
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110:Genre
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