INDEX OF contributors

Prominent contemporary Indian poet of classical tone.

famous expert on arooz and scholar.

Won Sahitya Academy Translation Prize for the year 2004

Prominent poet, recipient of Sahitya Academy award.

Noted story writer from Pakistan; known for keen representations of social issues.

Prominent Pakistani poet of humour and satire, living in New York, USA.

Prominent modernist fiction writer, known for his stories around existential issues; also the author of books on Marquez and Milan Kundera in Urdu.

Prominent poet of younger generation.

One of the founding fathers of modern Urdu criticism in the subcontinient.

Khalish Dehlvi is a widely known Urdu poet and an engineer by profession. He was inspired to venture into Urdu literature by his late father, Shri Mohan Lal Bhayana, who himself was an Urdu scholar. Khalish Dehlvi's writings feature in nearly all Urdu literature magazines, including Biswin Sadi.

Post Modern Urdu Poet known for Libertanian radical views.

One of the important short story writers to emerge in the 70s; known for his iconoclasm.

Prominent modern poet

One of the most prominent contemporary poets, also having popular appeal.