Born in Calcutta, Mohan grew up in many cities as his family followed his father's career in the Indian Railways. Mohan lived in Zambia for a few years with his parents and sisters before returning to school in India.
Mohan had an early career as a PhD Chemical Engineer, from which he transitioned in the 90s to nonprofit consulting and writing.
Mohan was a recipient of a 1995 New Forms Grant Award to produce a series of one-man performances about growing up in India and Africa. Mohan toured these semi-biographical sketches around the US and Canada.
In 2006, Mohan completed an MFA at Brooklyn College, where he he received the Hiram Brown Award and the CUNYarts First Prize for Graduate Short Fiction.
Mohan won a 2009 O. Henry Award for his story "Uncle Musto Takes a Mistress." In 2009, Mohan was invited to two writing residencies: Ledig House and Blue Mountain.
Mohan currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his partner and their dog. He travels to India frequently.
The men make the decisions here. But it is the women who drive the emotional truth of the narrative. Aunty Neeta brings an interesting new take on the cuckolded wife, but the true horns that are locked are those of Grandma and Rose. In one corner is Grandma, an unbeatable character. In the other is Rose, with her little mermaid hairpins. Their social standing is unequal, and by the end they’ve changed places. And yet, somehow, Mohan…is able to keep our hearts with both. (2007)
- Hannah Tinti
Editor-in-Chief, One Story
