Dr.Vimla Bhandari has accomplished milestones in writing and also marked her initials in the service of the people as a politician. Her books have been praised by notable writers and she has also been the subject of many publications.

Dr.Vimla Bhandari is a writer and historian who has also written for newspapers and magazines.

Vimla belongs to Salumber, a small town in the Udaipur district of Rajasthan. She has been writing and editing literature and history most of her life. She is among the top one-hundred and eleven women writers in the world. Vimla is a member of the seventieth Saraswati Sabha of the Rajasthan Sahitya Academy. She contested elections and was a member of the  Zila Parishad of Udaipur. She has also been a Salumber Nagar Parshad twice. She has been writing and doing politics for the last thirty years.

Vimla’s works and writings have brought various accolades for her. She has won four Women of Substance Awards and Sahitya Academy Awards, among others. She organises Bal Sahitya Competitions in Salumber every year. She has worked as an editor for various books including ‘Azadi Ki Diary’, Salumber Ka Itihaas’, and ‘Anmol Bhet’. Vimla received the Sahitya Academy Award for the latter one. She has also written in the Rajasthani languages and many of her books and novels have been translated into English. Moreover, Engineer Dinesh Kumar Mali has written a book on her and her accomplishments. Some of Vimla’s children’s stories have also been translated into English.

Vimla says she has been writing since childhood. She loved reading and used to spend hours in the library. She used to read anything and everything. Thus, she is unaware of exactly when a writer was born in her. Vimla says that her school time experiences of debates and writing competitions as well as her father’s encouragement to write motivated her to become a good writer.

Vilma’s foremost role model is her father, followed by her husband, who was her political role model. Vimla says that her role models have been changing with the changing times and situations.

Vimla became a  Parshad in the Salumber Nagar Palika in 1994-95 for the first time when she was persuaded to fight the election as a certain number of seats had been reserved for women.  Moreover, she also won the Zila Parishad Elections. She says when she worked in the political field, she experienced the sorry state of the poor people in the country. These experiences helped her work more for the people. She was also able to rebuild seven out of ten dry ponds and eradicate the problem of water in a village.  Throughout her political journey, her husband was her constant support.

During COVID, Vimla did live children’s storytelling sessions on Facebook. She believes in building a strong future generation, who has the right mindset. She conducted the Bal Sahitya Competitions via Webinars which became a success with almost ten thousand attendees. Four of her books also got published during this time. She did most of her work from home and avoided going out.

Vilma believes in living a life of discipline, patience, and satisfaction. She likes to wake up before sunrise, do yoga, exercise, walk, and be ready for the day. She feels that a massive and difficult task can also be done easily if divided into smaller parts.

Vimla advises aspiring writers to be a reader and develop a strong vocabulary. Moreover, have a habit of note-taking and planning to do inventions based on knowledge and imagination.

Vimla listens to the song, ‘Ruk Jana Nahi’ whenever she feels demotivated or sad. Furthermore, her favourite song is the title song of the film, ‘Satyam Shivam Sundaram'.