Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
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