About the author
Dr Rakhshanda Jalil is a writer, critic and literary historian. She has published over 15 books and written over 50 academic papers and essays. Her book on the lesser-known monuments of Delhi, Invisible City, continues to be a bestseller. Her recent works include: Liking Progress, Loving Change: A Literary History of the Progressive Writers Movement in Urdu; a biography of Urdu feminist writer Dr Rashid Jahan A Rebel and her Cause; a translation of Intizar Husain's seminal novel on Karachi, The Sea Lies Ahead; Pigeons of the Domes: Stories on Communalism, Krishan Chandar's Partition novel Ghaddar; and most recently an edited volume of critical writings on Ismat called An Uncivil Woman and Preeeto & Other Stories: The Male Gaze in Urdu. She runs an organisation called Hindustani Awaaz, devoted to the popularisation of Hindi-Urdu literature and culture.
