sabse kam mb wala gameA widow with five children in her late 30s, she became a perennial best-seller over the second half of her life, writing or co-writing “A Stranger Is Watching,” “Daddy’s Little Girl” and more than 50 other favourites. Sales topped 100 million copies and honours came from all over, whether a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters in France or a “Grand Master” statuette back home from the Mystery Writers of America.The title of mahamandaleshwar literally means “superior of great or numerous monasteries”. It is used by some Hindu monks representing a specific akhara or a sampradaya monastery for Sanyasis. They are next only to Shankaracharyas, as per the organisers, who head four Hindu mathas or monastic establishments. Traditionally, such posts have been held by religious leaders from so-called upper castes.