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{{Infobox writer<br />
| name = Mohammed Baig Ehsas<br />
| awards = [[Sahitya Akademi Award]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|08|10}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Hyderabad]], [[Hyderabad State]] (now in Telangana, India)<br />
| alma_mater = [[University of Hyderabad]] (PhD)<br />
}}<br />
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'''Mohammed Baig Ehsas''' ({{lang-ur|بیگ احساس|}}, August 10, 1948 in Hyderabad)<ref>{{cite web|title=بیگ احساس|url=https://www.rekhta.org/Authors/baig-ehsas/profile?lang=ur|publisher=Rekhta.org|language=ur}}</ref> is an Indian scholar and short story writer from Hyderabad. He served as the head of the Urdu department at Osmania University and University of Hyderabad. His short story collection ''Dukhma'' won the 2017 Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu.<br />
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His works have been translated into English.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Majid|first=Daneesh|date=2020-08-06|title=Short stories of award-winning writer Baig Ehsas available in English|url=https://www.siasat.com/short-stories-of-award-winning-writer-baig-ehsas-available-in-english-1940211/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-31|website=The Siasat Daily|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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==Academic career==<br />
Ehsas enrolled as a PhD student at the [[University of Hyderabad]] in 1979, as part of the first batch of scholars at the newly formed Department of Urdu. His thesis on the life and work of [[Krishan Chander]] was completed in 1984. Following this, he accepted the position of Lecturer at [[Osmania University]]. He was the head of Department of Urdu Studies for two terms at Osmania between 2000–2002 and 2004–2006. He later served as head of the Urdu department at University of Hyderabad before retiring in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Department Profile|url=http://arts.osmania.ac.in/DeptUrdu.php|accessdate=January 6, 2019|publisher=Osmania University}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = http://uohherald.commuoh.in/sahitya-academy-award-for-baig-ehsas/| title = Sahitya Academy Award for Baig Ehsas| publisher = University of Hyderabad Herald| date = December 29, 2017| author = Ashish Thomas}}</ref><ref name =UNI>{{cite news|title = Sahitya Academy Award for Baig Ehsas| url = http://www.uniindia.com/urdu-short-story-writer-baig-bags-sahitya-akademi-award/states/news/1089570.html| date = December 28, 2017| publisher = United News of India}}</ref> <br />
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==Literary career==<br />
Ehsas is a short-story writer whose work is mainly concerned with chronicling the life of his native Hyderabad and its composite multilingual, multi-religious culture. He has written three short-story collections – ''Khusha-e-gandum'', ''Hanzal'', and ''Dukhma''. The last work, centered around the lives of people living near a Parsi cemetery in Secunderabad, won the 2017 [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Urdu| Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu]].<ref name=UNI/><ref name=TOI>{{cite news|publisher= Times of India|accessdate=2019-12-31|date=2018-01-06|author =Jayakrishnan |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/hyderabad-has-a-unique-mili-juli-culture-that-no-other-city-in-india-can-boast-of-but-sadly-no-one-has-written-about-it/articleshow/62393710.cms|title= Hyderabad has a unique ‘mili-juli’ culture that no other city in India can boast of. But sadly, no one has written about it!}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2017-12-28|title=UoH alumnus Baig Ehsas bags Sahitya Akademi Award|work=[[Telangana Today]]|url=https://telanganatoday.com/uoh-alumnus-baig-ehsas-bags-sahitya-akademi-award|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231202204/https://telanganatoday.com/uoh-alumnus-baig-ehsas-bags-sahitya-akademi-award|archive-date=2019-12-31}}</ref><br />
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Ehsas has also published a collection of literary essays titled ''Shor-e-jahan''.<ref name=TOI/><br />
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