Quote of the day
Bring me men to match my mountains,
Bring me men to match my plains,
Men with empires in their purpose,
And new eras in their brains.
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