Saif Mahmood

Saif Mahmood is an author, poetry and literature critic, commentator, translator, rights activist and Advocate of the Supreme Court of India. Founder of the South Asian Alliance for Literature, Art & Culture (SAALARC), Saif has won particular acclaim for his passionate recitations of Urdu poetry, especially of such progressive and contemporary poets as Faiz, Majaz, Sahir and Jaun Elia. His writings on literature and law and his translations of Urdu prose and verse have appeared in several Indian and international publications.