Rakhshanda Jalil Rakhshanda Jalil is a writer, critic and literary historian. She has published over fi­fteen books and written ­fifty and more academic papers and essays. Her book on the lesser-known monuments of Delhi, Invisible City, continues to be a bestsller. Her recent works include: Liking Progress, Loving Change: A Literary History of the Progressive Writers’ Movement in Urdu (2014); a biography of Urdu feminist writer Dr Rashid Jahan, A Rebel and Her Cause (2014); a translation of ­The Sea Lies Ahead, Intizar Husain’s seminal novel on Karachi (2015); a translation of Krishan Chander’s partition novel Ghaddar (2017); an edited volume of critical writings on Ismat Chughtai titled An Uncivil Woman (2017); and most recently, a literary biography of the Urdu poet Shahryar.
Dr Jalil runs the organisation Hindustani Awaaz, devoted to the popularisation of Hindi-Urdu literature and culture. Her debut collection of fi­ction, Release and Other Stories, published in 2011, had received critical acclaim. She was awarded the Kaifi­ Azmi Award for her contribution to Urdu. Read More Read Less