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{{Infobox person
| name =Rakhshanda Jalil
| image = Rakhshanda Jalil bharat-s-tiwari-photography-IMG 8260 July 19, 2017.jpg
| caption = Rakhshanda Jalil
| education = [[Miranda House, Delhi]], [[Delhi University]], [[Jamia Millia Islamia]]
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|21 July 1963}}
| birth_place =[[Delhi]]
| occupation = Indian writer, critic and literary historian
}}
'''Rakhshanda Jalil''' (born 21 July 1963) is a well-known Indian writer, critic and literary historian. She is best known for much-acclaimed book on Delhi's lesser-known monuments called ''Invisible City: The hidden Monuments of India''<ref>{{Cite book|isbn=8189738771 |title=Invisible City: The Hidden Monument of Delhi (9788189738778): Rakhshanda Jalil, Khushwant Singh: Books |publisher=Amazon.com |date=2013-02-16 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebookreviewindia.org/articles/archives-697/2012/january/1/delhis-hidden-riches.html |title=Delhi's Hidden Riches |publisher=Thebookreviewindia.org |date=2012-01-01 |accessdate=2014-05-20}}</ref> and a well-received collection of short stories, called ''Release & Other Stories''<ref>{{Cite book|isbn=9350290693 |title=Release and Other Stories: Rakhshanda Jalil: 9789350290699: Amazon.com: Books |publisher=Amazon.com |date=2011-11-23 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/cm-releases-short-story-collection/ |title=CM releases short story collection |publisher=The Indian Express |date=2011-09-18 |accessdate=2014-05-20}}</ref> (Harper Collins, 2011). Her PhD on the Progressive Writers' Movement as Reflected in Urdu Literature has been published by Oxford University Press as ''Liking Progress, Loving Change''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780198096733.do |title=Liking Progress, Loving Change: Rakhshanda Jalil - Oxford University Press |publisher=Ukcatalogue.oup.com |date=2014-03-06 |accessdate=2014-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Jalil |first=Rakhshanda |url=http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/liking-progress-loving-change-a/9780198096733-item.html |title=Liking Progress, Loving Change: A Literary History of the Progressive Writers Movement in Urdu Book by Rakhshanda Jalil | Hardcover |publisher=chapters.indigo.ca |date=2013-12-15 |accessdate=2014-05-20}}</ref> (2014). Jalil runs an organization called Hindustani Awaaz, devoted to the popularization of Hindi-Urdu literature and culture.

== Career ==

Jalil graduated from [[Miranda House|Miranda house]], Delhi University in 1986. She started her career as a lecturer in [[SGTB Khalsa College|Khalsa College]].<ref name="ignca1">{{cite web|author=CIL |url=http://ignca.nic.in/aqeedat_2007_009.htm |title=The Tradition of Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi in North India - Rakshanda Jalil |publisher=Ignca.nic.in |date=2007-03-23 |accessdate=2014-05-20}}</ref>
After that she worked at [[Aligarh Muslim University]] as lecturer (1987), editorial assistant at [[Tata McGraw-Hill]] Book Publishing Company<ref name="ignca1"/> (1987–89),
sub-editor in the Publications Division of the [[India International Centre]] (1989–90), assistant editor in the Publications Division of the India International Center (1990 – March 1995). She later joined [[Jamia Millia Islamia]]<ref name="ignca1"/> and worked there as director of the outreach programme.
She co-edited a quarterly journal called ''Third Frame: Literature, Culture and Society'', published and distributed by Cambridge University Press from 2007 to 2009. She was senior associate fellow at the Council of Social Development, New Delhi, and associate editor of ''Social Change'', the journal brought out by CSD (Jan 2011-Jan 2012).

== Contribution to Urdu literature ==

She has edited four collections of short stories: ''Urdu Stories''<ref>{{Cite book|isbn=8187075910 |title=Urdu Stories (Great Writers): Rakhshanda Jalil, etc., et al, Asif Aslam Farrukhi: 9788187075912: Amazon.com: Books |publisher=Amazon.com |date=2002-01-01 }}</ref> (Srishti, 2002), a selection by Pakistani women writers called ''Neither Night Nor Day''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harpercollins.co.in/BookDetail.asp?Book_Code=1763 |title=HarperCollins Publishers India Ltd |publisher=Harpercollins.co.in |date= |accessdate=2014-05-20}}</ref> (Harper Collins, 2007, New Urdu Writings: ''From India & Pakistan'' <ref>{{cite web|last=Events |first=Delhi |url=http://www.delhievents.com/2014/02/writings-from-india-and-pakistan-by.html |title=Writings: From India and Pakistan by Rakhshanda Jalil - Book Discussion at Conference Room - 1, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm on 10th February 2014 |publisher=Delhi Events |date=2014-02-10 |accessdate=2014-05-20}}</ref> (Westland, 2013), and Pigeons of the Domes: Stories of Communalism (Niyogi, 2015); a collection of essays on the little known monuments of Delhi, called Invisible City (Niyogi, 2008, revised third edition 2011); two co-authored books, ''Partners in Freedom: Jamia Millia Islamia''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/jamia-as-a-partner-in-freedom/article3048965.ece |title=Jamia as a partner in freedom |publisher=The Hindu |date=2006-11-17 |accessdate=2014-05-20}}</ref> (Niyogi, 2006) and ''Journey to a Holy Land: A Pilgrim’s Diary'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/a-journey-of-faith/article662018.ece |title=A journey of faith |publisher=The Hindu |date=2009-11-15 |accessdate=2014-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://global.oup.com/academic/product/journey-to-the-holy-land-9780198063469;jsessionid=EEEF50584921FC4AB9C1A8947E8D190B?cc=in&lang=en& |title=Journey to the Holy Land - Amir Ahmad Alawi; Mushirul Hasan; Rakhshanda Jalil - Oxford University Press |publisher=Global.oup.com |date=2009-11-30 |accessdate=2014-05-20}}</ref> (OUP, 2009). She was co-editor of ''Third Frame'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cambridgeindia.org/news30.asp |title=Cambridge University Press India |publisher=Cambridgeindia.org |date=2008-04-24 |accessdate=2014-05-20}}</ref> a journal devoted to literature, culture and society brought out by the Cambridge University Press. She has edited and introduced a volume of essays entitled ''Qurratulain Hyder and the River of Fire: The Meaning, Scope and Significance of her Legacy''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/154349093?versionId=168265219 |title=Qurratulain Hyder and the river of fire : the meaning, scope and significance of her legacy / edited by Rakhshanda Jalil. - Version details - Trove |publisher=Trove.nla.gov.au |date= |accessdate=2014-05-20}}</ref> (Aakar, 2010; and Oxford University Press, Karachi, 2010).<br />
She has published nine works of translations: Premchand's short stories entitled ''The Temple and the Mosque''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebookreviewindia.org/articles/archives-855/2012/april/4/inequality-injustice-and-impunity-premchands-worlds.html |title=Inequality, Injustice and Impunity: Premchand's Worlds |publisher=Thebookreviewindia.org |date=2012-04-04 |accessdate=2014-05-20}}</ref> (Harper Collins, 1992; revised and enlarged 2011); a collection of satirical writing in Hindi by Asghar Wajahat entitled Lies: Half Told<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abebooks.com/Lies-Half-Told-Asghar-Wajahat-Rakhshanda/10071036655/bd |title=Lies by Asghar Wajahat Rakhshanda Jalil: Srishti Publishers & Distributors 9788187075929 - Alden Books |publisher=Abebooks.com |date=2013-03-26 |accessdate=2014-05-20}}</ref> (Srishti, 2002); 32 satirical cameos by Saadat Hasan Manto entitled Black Borders<ref>{{Cite book|isbn=8129102420 |title=Black Borders Collectin of 32 Cameos. pa.: Saadat Hasan., Rakhshanda Jalil Manto: 9788129102423: Amazon.com: Books |publisher=Amazon.com |date=2003-02-02 }}</ref> (Rupa & Co., 2003); Through the Closed Doorway,<ref>{{Cite book|title=Buy Through the Closed Doorway Book Online at Low Prices in India | Through the Closed Doorway Reviews & Ratings |publisher=Amazon.in |date=2004-01-01 |isbn=812910458X }}</ref> nazms by Urdu poet Shahryar (Rupa & Co. 2004); short stories by Intizar Husain entitled Circle and Other Stories<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/dec122004/br4.asp |title=A book that you will read till the last page - Deccan Herald |publisher=Archive.deccanherald.com |date=2004-12-12 |accessdate=2014-05-20}}</ref> (Rupa & Co. 2004; Sang-e-Meel, Lahore, 2012); a collection of Premchand's short stories for children called A Winter's Tale and Other Stories (Puffin, 2007); Naked Voices and other Stories<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7700096-naked-voices |title=Naked Voices: Stories And Sketches by Saadat Hasan Manto — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists |publisher=Goodreads.com |date= |accessdate=2014-05-20}}</ref> – a collection of stories and sketches by Saadat Hasan Manto translated by her from Urdu (Roli, 2008); Panchlight and Other Stories by Hindi writer Phanishwarnath Renu (Orient Blackswan, 2010); and ''Traitor,'' translated from Krishan Chander's Gaddaar, published by Tranquebar in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2019-07-30|title=Traitor translated by Rakhshanda Jalil|url=https://www.purplepencilproject.com/traitor-book-review-rakhshanda-jalil/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-06|website=Purple Pencil Project|language=en-US}}</ref>

The biography of Urdu feminist writer Dr Rashid Jahan by Rakhshanda Jalil has been published by Women Unlimited under the title ''A Rebel and her Cause'' (2014).<ref>{{cite web | title = A Rebel And Her Cause: Life and Work of Rashid Jahan released by Rakhshanda Jalil | url = http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/a-rebel-and-her-cause-life-and-work-of-rashid-jahan-released-by-rakhshanda-jalil-1399458730-1 |date=26 April 2014| accessdate = 2014-08-18 }}</ref> With over 15 books behind her and over 50 academic papers at seminars and conferences, at present she contributes regularly to national and international newspapers and magazines, writes book reviews, opinion pieces and travelogues, and appears on television to talk about issues of culture, literature and society. She also contributes regularly to ''Himal'' (Kathmandu), ''The Herald'' (Karachi) and ''The Friday Times'' (Lahore), apart from ''The Hindu'', ''Biblio'', ''The Literary Review'', etc. in India.

Her debut collection of fiction, ''Release & Other Stories'', was published by Harper Collins in 2011, and received critical acclaim. At present, she is engaged in a study of Indian secularism.

== Bibliography ==

* Invisible City: The Hidden Monument of Delhi
* Lies: Half Told; translated by Rakshanda Jalil; 2002, Srishti Publishers. {{ISBN|81-87075-92-9}}.
* A Winter's Night And Other Stories
* Release & Other Stories
* A Rebel and Her Cause: The Life and Work of Rashid Jahan published by Women Unlimited
* Qurratulain Hyder and the River of Fire: The Meaning, Scope and Significance of Her Legacy
* Naked Voices: Stories And Sketches
* Through The Closed Doorway: A Collection Of Nazms
* New Urdu Writings: From India and Pakistan

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