Poets/Writers From Telangana

Prominent fiction writer and translator, author of the famous novel 'Aiwaan-e-Ghazal'. Also a Padma Shri awardee.

She has a background in engineering and political economy. Professionally, she has worked on the politics of water management with academic, national, and international agencies. In recent years, she has been engaged as a social activist on human rights issues. She is also a former student of MANNU in Hyderabad where she studied Urdu.

One of the most popular post-classical poets and a disciple of Ameer Minai, he succeeded Dagh as court poet of Hyderabad.