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Iffat Mohani

Iffat Mohani (1934-2005), born Sayyada Khursheed Sultana in Hyderabad, India, was a distinguished and remarkably prolific contemporary Indian Urdu writer and novelist. Her life and work were deeply embedded in a rich literary and intellectual tradition, most notably...

Sajida Zaidi

Sajida Zaidi (1926-2011) was a pioneering Indian poet, novelist, academic, and a central figure in the modernist movement of Urdu literature. Renowned for her intellectual rigour and bold feminist perspective, she created a powerful body of work that challenged social...