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Jana Begum (17th century), early female writer of a commentary on the Qur'an Pupul Jayakar (1915–1997), biographer, non-fiction writer on handicrafts Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1927–2013), acclaimed German-born British novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, grew up in India
Padma Sachdev (17 April 1940 – 4 August 2021) was an Indian poet and novelist. She was the first modern woman poet of the Punjabi language. [1] She also wrote in Hindi. She published several poetry collections, including Meri Kavita Mere Geet (My Poems, My Songs), which won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1971.
[4] [5] She was amongst the first women in India to join a mainstream publication when she joined The Illustrated Weekly of India. [6] [7] A pioneer in her field, Vyarawalla died at the age of 98. Google doodle honoured India's "First Lady of the lens" in 2017 with a tapestry of Indian life and history drawn by guest doodler Sameer Kulavoor.
"In these reflections, Irawati learned the most difficult of lessons from Hindu philosophy: all that is you, too," the authors write. Irawati died in 1970, but her legacy endures through her work ...
In August 2000, a bomb attack in the Kashmir capital, Srinagar killed at least 12 people, including Bhatia, a photographer for The Hindustan Times, and injured six other journalists. Hezb-ul Mujahedeen, a militant Kashmiri separatist group, claimed responsibility for the attack targeting Indian security forces. [21] [22] 23 20 August 2000
Guwahati, Assam, British India: Died: 29 November 2011 (aged 69) [1] Guwahati, Assam, India [2] Pen name: Mamoni Raisom Goswami: Occupation: Activist, editor, poet, professor and writer: Nationality: Indian: Period: 1956–2011: Genre: Assamese literature: Subject: Plight of the dispossessed in India and abroad: Notable works-The Moth Eaten ...
Ashitha, who authored over 20 books, [8] [9] was known to have portrayed her life experiences through short stories and poems. [10] Counted among the most prominent women writers in Malayalam after Kamala Surayya and best known for her short stories, [11] she translated a number of works of Alexander Pushkin and Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī as well as many haikus. [12]
Women writers (poets, novelists, screenplay writers, playwrights, journalists etc.) who live or have lived in India, or who are of Indian origin, or both. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Indian writers .