Hamida Salim
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Hamida Salim (1922–August 16, 2015) was an Indian author, economist, and educator, writing primarily in the Urdu language. She was the first woman to graduate from Aligarh Muslim University.
Personal life
Salim was born in 1922 in Rudauli, in Uttar Pradesh. Her family were zamindars. Her brother, Asrar-ul-Haq "Majaz" was also a notable Urdu poet, and another brother, Ansar Harvani, was a member of the Indian independence movement and an elected Member of Parliament. Her sister, Safia Akhtar was also a writer and critic, and her nephew is lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar.{{Cite news|date=2015-08-17|title=Urdu author Hamida Salim passes Shah Alam Siddiqui Chandoura Rudauli away|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/urdu-author-hamida-salim-passes-away/article7548543.ece|access-date=2020-12-23|issn=0971-751X}}{{Cite web|agency=PTI|date=17 Aug 2015|title=Noted Urdu author Hamida Salim passes away|url=https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/news/india/Noted-Urdu-author-Hamida-Salim-passes-away/articleshow/48505728.cms|access-date=2020-12-23|website=Pune Mirror|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web|title=Youthful freedom fighter who later served many terms as MP|url=https://www.milligazette.com/news/Family-Kids/13618-youthful-freedom-fighter-who-later-served-many-terms-as-mp/|access-date=2020-12-23|website=The Milli Gazette — Indian Muslims Leading News Source|language=en}}
Writing and career
She earned her B.A. in economics in Lucknow. She went on to earn an M.A. in economics from Aligarh Muslim University, becoming their first woman graduate, in 1947. She later earned a second master's from the University of London.{{Cite web|last=TwoCircles.net|date=2015-08-22|title=Hamida Aapa ki yaaden|url=http://twocircles.net/2015aug22/1440255606.html|access-date=2020-12-23|website=TwoCircles.net|language=en-US}} Salim taught economics at several public universities in India, including her alma mater, Aligarh Muslim University in Uttar Pradesh, and Jamia Millia Islamia, in Delhi.
She was a well-known author, publishing several notable novels, a memoir, and volumes of poetry in Urdu. Her memoir of her time in Aligarh, as a student, titled, Shorish-e-Dauran was published in 1995. She wrote a second memoir about her siblings, titled Ham Saath The (We Were Together), which is considered a significant contribution to women's writing in Urdu.{{Cite journal|last=Noor|first=Farha|date=2020-11-26|title='Negotiating nostalgia: progressive women's memoirs in Urdu'|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/19472498.2020.1848144|journal=South Asian History and Culture|volume=12|issue=4|pages=371–384|doi=10.1080/19472498.2020.1848144|s2cid=229393501|issn=1947-2498}} In addition, Salim wrote two popular novels, Parchhaiyon Ke Ujale (Lights of Shadows) and Hardam Rawan Hai Zindagi (Life is Always on the Move). Both novels were set in her hometown of Rudali in Uttar Pradesh.{{Cite book|last=Rahman|first=Mohammad Raisur|url=https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/bitstream/handle/2152/44075/rahmanm57851.pdf|title=Islam, Modernity, and Educated Muslims: A History of Qasbahs in Colonial India|publisher=University of Texas, Austin|date=August 2008|pages=151}} A critical essay about her brother's Majaz's work and life, titled 'Majaz, My Brother' is also considered a significant contribution to Urdu literary criticism.{{Cite journal|last1=Salim|first1=Hamida|last2=Rafiq|first2=Sami|date=2012|title=Majaz, My Brother|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23348960|journal=Indian Literature|volume=56|issue=5 (271)|pages=60–75|jstor=23348960|issn=0019-5804}}
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Category:20th-century Indian writers
Category:20th-century Indian women writers
Category:Urdu-language writers from India
Category:20th-century Urdu-language writers
Category:Aligarh Muslim University alumni
Category:Academic staff of Aligarh Muslim University
Category:Academic staff of Jamia Millia Islamia
Category:20th-century Indian economists
Category:Alumni of the University of London
Category:Indian women economists
Category:Writers from Uttar Pradesh