Talk:Sulekha Hussain

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South Indian Urdu novelist Sulekha Hussain born in an affluent Katchi Memon family at Mattancherry in 1930 & She was passes away 15th July 2014.

It was with her husband’s patronage that she began writing. Sulekha penned 27 novels and more than 100 short stories, all in Urdu. Some of her novels, Rah Akeli, Dishvar Huva Jeena, Ek Khyab Hakhikhath, and Marla he Kali were widely read in several North Indian cities such as Lucknow, Allahabad, New Delhi and Pakistan. Her most famous novel, Tharikhion Ke Baad, was translated into Malayalam by K. Ravi Varma in the 1980s.

Considering her contributions to Urdu literature, she was nominated to the committee awarding fellowships in Urdu language by the Union Cultural Affairs Ministry in 2012. Her son, Faraqu, passed away in 2010.