Anjali Mandal studied at Modern School, Barakhamba road, New Delhi, and at Lawrence School, Sanawar, Himachal Pradesh. She completed her graduation from Hindu College, Delhi University. Anjali decided to follow her father’s and grandf ther’s profession by becoming a chartered accountant, starting at Oxford Brookes University, followed by three years in London with a firm of chartered accountants. After four interesting years, she decided it was not for her and came back to Delhi to pursue her passion for teaching. She taught for almost two decades as a nursery teacher in a reputed school in Delhi. Over the years, she found that she had become a master at storytelling, mimicry, and even acting while teaching and entertaining her young students. She noticed that kids loved listening to her stories and watching the puppet shows which she wrote and conducted. She wrote several plays for older children as well. Thus, she embarked upon her new quest. Shifting from her teaching job, Anjali formed a partnership firm in 2019 to conduct teacher training workshops for primary school teachers. Ticky Tock and Other Tales came to life during one of the pandemic lockdowns when she was recovering from Covid. She lives in Delhi with her mother and children.
