Background
Ruth was born in 1955 in Rangoon, Burma to a Christian family.Her father is of Tamilian origin while her mother is North Indian and she comes from a family of educators.She moved to New Delhi, India when she was two and grew up there.She attended Springdales school. When she was in 8th grade, the doctor advised her mother to discontinue her studies due to Ruth"s acute myopia and as she had already received sufficient education for a girl, according to him. Her mother was a teacher and home schooled her, until Ruth graduated high school and went on to attend Miranda House college in Delhi University.She did her Bachelor of Arts and M.A and later became lecturer in English, Miranda House and Reader, Department of English, Delhi University between 1976-1997.
