Rakhshanda JalilRakhshanda Jalil is a writer, critic and literary historian. She has published over twenty books and written over fifty academic papers and essays. Her book on the lesser-known monuments of Delhi, Invisible City, continues to be a bestseller. Her most recent works include translations of The Sea Lies Ahead, Intizar Husain’s seminal novel on Karachi and Krishan Chander’s partition novel Traitor; an edited volume of critical writings on Ismat Chughtai called An Uncivil Woman; a literary biography of the Urdu poet Shahryar; The Great War: Indian Writings on the First World War; Preeto and Other Stories: The Male Gaze in Urdu and, most recently, Kaifiyat, a translation of Kaifi Azmi’s poems. She runs an organization called Hindustani Awaaz, devoted to the popularization of Hindi–Urdu literature and culture. In 2016, she was awarded the Kaifi Azmi Award for her contribution to Urdu.“Read More
Intizar HusainIntizar Husain was born in the United Provinces, India, on 21 December 1925. He emigrated to Pakistan in 1947 and nowlives in Lahore. He has written seven collections of short stories and five novels, Naya Ghar, Basti and Aage Samandar Hai being the most significant among them. Considered one of the greatest living Urdu writers of our time, he was nominated for the Man Booker International Prize in 2013. Rakhshanda Jalil is a writer, translator and literary historian. She has published over fifteen books, including Liking Progress, Loving Change: A Literary History of the Progressive Writers’ Movement in Urdu; A Rebel and Her Cause: The Life and Work of Comrade Rashid Jahan; The Death of Sheherzad by Intizar Husain translated from the Urdu; Invisible City: The Hidden Monuments of Delhi; as well as four edited volumes of short stories. Her debut collection of fiction, Release and Other Stories, was published in 2011 and received critical acclaim. She runs an organization called Hindustani Awaaz, devoted to the popularization of Hindi-Urdu literature and culture, and writes a weekly column for Daily O.Read More
Rakhshanda JalilRakhshanda Jalil is a writer, critic and literary historian. She has published over twenty books and written over fifty academic papers and essays. Her book on the lesser-known monuments of Delhi, Invisible City, continues to be a bestseller. Her most recent works include translations of The Sea Lies Ahead, Intizar Husain’s seminal novel on Karachi and Krishan Chander’s partition novel Traitor; an edited volume of critical writings on Ismat Chughtai called An Uncivil Woman; a literary biography of the Urdu poet Shahryar; The Great War: Indian Writings on the First World War; Preeto and Other Stories: The Male Gaze in Urdu and, most recently, Kaifiyat, a translation of Kaifi Azmi’s poems. She runs an organization called Hindustani Awaaz, devoted to the popularization of Hindi–Urdu literature and culture. In 2016, she was awarded the Kaifi Azmi Award for her contribution to Urdu.“Read More
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