Anees Jung (born 15 December 1944) is an Indian author, journalist and columnist for newspapers in India and abroad, whose most known work, Unveiling India (1987) was a chronicle of the lives of women in India, noted especially for the depiction of Muslim women behind the purdah.
Early life and education Born in Rourkela, and growing up in Hyderabad, Anees Jung is from an aristocratic family – her father, Nawab Hosh Yar Jung, was a scholar and poet, and served as the musahib (adviser) to the last Nizam (prince) of Hyderabad State.Anees Jung Penguin India. Her mother and brother are also Urdu poets.Anees Jung Oxford Bookstore. After schooling and college at Osmania University in Hyderabad, she went to the United States for higher studies at University of Michigan Ann Arbor, where she did her master's degree in sociology and American studies.Seven Sisters: among the women of South Asia. Penguin Books, 1994, p. i.
Career She started her career in writing with the Youth Times, a Times of India publication, where she worked as a journalist and editor (1973 to 1980). She has subsequently worked for The Christian Science Monitor and the International Herald Tribune.Anees Jung writersfestival.org Anees Jung lives in Delhi.
Books Jung published Unveiling India in 1987. It is a travel diary focusing on interviews with women. She has written several subsequent books on the same, talking to women about their everyday lives, including Night of the New Moon: Encounters with Muslim women in India (1993), Seven Sisters (1994). Breaking the Silence (1997) is based on conversations on women's lives from around the world.
Others are maltreated by alcoholic fathers or married off early or sexually abused,Mishty Varma, "Jung exposes national shame", Hindustan Times, 1 January 2001. though some find refuge in schools set up by well-meaning NGOs. A section of this book is part of the NCERT's, an academic publisher, Class 12 English Book in CBSE Schools Jung is noted for her lively and vivid descriptions.
Bibliography When a Place Becomes a Person. Vikas Pub. House, 1977. Flashpoints: Poems in Prose. Tarang Paperbacks, 1981. . Unveiling India, Penguin Books, 1987. . The Song of India. Himalayan Books, 1990. Night of the New Moon: Encounters with Muslim Women in India. Penguin Books, 1993. Seven Sisters: Among the Women of South Asia. Penguin Books, 1994. Breaking the Silence: Voices of Women from Around the World. Penguin Books, 1997. Olives from Jericho: Peace in Winter Gardens. UNESCO, 1999. . Beyond the Courtyard: a Sequel to Unveiling India. Viking, 2003 Lost Spring: Stories of Stolen Childhood. Penguin Books, 2005. .
See also List of Indian writers Indian literature
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