Imtiaz Dharker

was born in Lahore in 1954, grew up in Britain and now lives in India. She is married to Anil Dharker, former editor of Debonair and well-known columnist. Her first book "Purdah and Other Poems" (Delhi: OUP) was published in 1989, her second "Postcards from God" (Delhi: Viking) in 1994. Her third book is a combination of the poems in the first two, and was published in Engliand in 1997 with the title "Postcards from God". She is also a documentary film-maker. One of her documentaries won the Silver Lotus Award for the best short film in 1980. She is also an artist who has exhibited her work in India and abroad. Her daughter, Ayesha Dharker, is an actress.

Poems online

A Woman's Place

After Creation

Postcards from God

Blessing

No Man's Land.

Women Shining?. Imtiaz Dharker reflects on women in India today. in Verve.

Postcards from God and other poems at expage.com.

Bibliography

I Speak for the Devil
Bloodaxe, 2001

Squatter-speak. Review of 'I Speak for the Devil' in the Hindu.

Purdah and Other Poems
Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1989.

A poet's voice. In the Hindu.

South Asian Women authors
Sawnet Bookshelf
Sawnet