Vinod Kumar Shukla (1 January 1937 - 23 December 2025) was an Indian Hindi writer known for his writing style that often bordered on magical realism. His works included the novels Naukar ki Kameez (Servant's shirt) and Deewar Mein Ek Khirkee Rehti Thi (A window lived in a wall).

He was a writer, known for "Naukar Ki Kameez" his first novel, published in 1979 and made into a film of the same name by Mani Kaul in 1999.

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Vinod Kumar Shukla

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