Career
She started her writing career immediately after finishing school and did campus reporting for youth magazines like Hi, Young People's Newspaper, Junior Statesman and Youth Times. Over the last 30 odd years, she has done scripts for television documentaries, been involved in heritage conservation and contributed stories to national magazines and newspapers. Son Abhijit Singh Jhala is a management student.
In the late eighties, Dharmendar took to travel writing and was resident editor of Rajasthan Atithi for a year.
She is the recipient of numerous awards including Best Travel Writer (1993-1994) from the Government of Rajasthan. She lives and works out of Jaipur.
