of the Waves), a play of Mohan Rakesh about an ancient Buddhist tale on the renunciation of the Buddha, and its aftereffects on his close family, was first written as a short story and later turned into a radio play for All India Radio Jalandhar, and broadcast under the title Sundri, though his struggle over different versions of the play lasted for nearly 20 years. Prominent Indian directors Om Shivpuri, Shyamanand Jalan, Arvind Gaur and Ram Gopal Bajaj directed this play. In 2005, this very writing process of the play, and Mohan Rakesh's diary, writings, and letters about the play, were recreated in a play titled Manuscript, by a Delhi theatre group. In July 1971, he received the Jawarharlal Nehru Fellowship for research on 'The Dramatic Word'. However, he could not complete it and died on 3 January 1972. Personal life His second marriage in 1960 too ended soon. However, in his third marriage to Anita Aulakh in 1963, he had found love. At the time of the marriage Anita was 21 year old. After his death, she continued to live in Delhi and, now in her seventies, lives in East of Kailash neighbourhood. Her autobiographical work, Satrein Aur Satrein, was first serialized in the Hindi magazine Sarika, and later published in 2002. Literary work Novels (Upanyas) Andhere Band Kamre (1961) Na Aanewala Kal (1968) Antaraal (1972) Bakalama Khuda (1974) Plays (Natak-Ekanki) Aadhe Adhure / आधे अधूरे (1969) Lahron Ke Rajhans / लहरों के राजहंस (1963) Ashadh Ka Ek Din / आषाढ़ का एक दिन (One Day in Ashadha, 1958) Mohan Rakesh ke Sampurn Natak, 1993, Rajpal. . ] History Posthumously published Pairon Tale Ki Zameen (1973) (Left incomplete, later completed by Kamleshwar) Ande Ke Chilke, anya ekanki tatha beej natak (1973) Rata Bitane Taka Tatha Anya Dhvani Nataka, 1974, Radhakrishna Prakashan. . (Radio plays) Translation Mrichchkatikam, (Sanskrit play) Shakuntalam (Sanskrit play) Story anthologies (Kahani Sangrah) 10 Pratinidhi Kahaniyan (Mohan Rakesh) Rat ki Bahon Mein Mohan Rakesh ki meri prem Kahaniyan Kannada translations Plays Aashadada Ondu Dina by Siddhaling Pattanshetti (1973, 1978, 1979, 1988, 1993, 2000, 2011, 2012, 2017) (Ashadh Ka Ek Din / आषाढ़ का एक दिन (One Day in Ashadha, 1958)) Alalegalalli Rajahamsagalu by Siddhaling Pattanshetti (1980, 1988, 2017) (Lahron Ke Rajhans / लहरों के राजहंस (1963)) Aadha Adhure by Siddhaling Pattanshetti (1976, 1989) (Aadhe Adhure / आधे अधूरे (1969)) Kaala Kelagina Nela by Siddhaling Pattanshetti (2011) (Pairon