A REBEL AND HER CAUSE

The Life and Work of Rashid Jahan

Rakhshanda Jalil

9788188965861

Women Unlimited 2014

Language: English

248 Pages

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About the Book

Rashid Jahan blazed like a meteor in the progressive firmament of pre-and post-Independence India. In a remarkably perceptive, richly detailed account of this pioneering woman, Rakhshanda Jalil offers readers an unusual document: a warm and informed biography—based on archival material, extensive interviews and critical commentaries—together with fine translations of Rashid Jahan's best known stories and plays.

Rakhshanda Jalil

Rakhshanda Jalil is a writer, critic and literary historian. Her published work comprises edited anthologies, among them a selection of Pakistani women writers entitled, Neither Night Nor Day; and a collection of esssays on Delhi, Invisible City: she is co-author of Partners in Freedom: Jamia Millia Islamia and Journey to a Holy Land: A Pilgrim’s Diary. She is also a well-known translator, with eight published translations of Premchand, Asghar Wajahat, Sa'adat Hasan Manto, Shahryar, Intezar Hussain and Phanishwarnath Renu. She runs an organisation called Hindustani Awaaz, devoted to the popularisation of Hindi-Urdu literature and culture, and blogs at www.hindustaniawaaz-rakhshanda.blogspot.com and at IBN Live. Her debut collection of fiction, Release & Other Stories, was published in 2011.

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