Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Qurratulain Hyder

Born: January 20, 1927
Died: August 21, 2007 (aged 80)
Bio: Qurratulain Hyder was an influential Indian Urdu novelist and short story writer, an academic, and a journalist.
Known for:
- Aag Ka Darya
- Fireflies in the Mist: A Novel (1994)
- My temples, too (2004)
- Chandni Begum