Dharmavir Bharati (धर्मवीर भारती) (1926-1997) was a renowned Hindi writer and known to many as the editor of the magazine Saaptahik Hindustan. Amongst his famous works are Suraj ka saatva ghoda (The Seventh Steed of the Sun), and the lyrical play Andha-Yug. The former is a short novella with seven relatively independent plots, but each woven together in an integrated whole. It has at places scathing wit, and may be read as meta-fiction or as an allegory. The latter is a moral allegory that draws its rubric from the Mahabharata but conveys a timeless message about degeneration of values in human society. He also wrote some very insightful essays, and some prominent essay antholgies are Thele par Himalaya and Pashyanti.