Mehr Afshan Farooqui

Biography: Mehr Afshan Farooqi is currently Professor of Urdu and South Asian Literature at the University of Virginia. Her research publications address complex issues of Urdu literary culture particularly in the context of modernity. Farooqi is also a well-known translator, anthologist, and columnist. She has recently published, Ghalib: A Wilderness at my Door Step, A Critical Biography (Penguin/Allen Lane, 2021). She is currently working on a memoir, A Book of Hearts and writes a featured column on Urdu literature past and present in the Dawn.