Apostles of Transformation

Akhtarul Wasey is a professor and social activist. He completed his education from Aligarh Muslim University and later moved to Jamia Millia Islamia as faculty. Wasey was conferred Padma Shri in 2013. He has worked as Commissioner Linguistic Minorities of India, a constitutional authority under article 350 B. He has 37 books to his credit as author, editor and translator. Wasey is currently working as President (Vice Chancellor) of Maulana Azad University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan. 　 Juhi Gupta has been teaching Women’s Studies at Aligarh Muslim University for the past eleven years. She is an Honorary Fellow at the Edward Cadbury Centre, University of Birmingham, UK. She completed her PhD from Jamia Millia Islamia on the influence of Fatwas and feminist consciousness among Muslim Women. She has been associated with a number of committees and programmes for women’s empowerment. She has published in national and international journals and has authored many books.

Contents: Faiza Abbasi: Illustrious Women of the Muslim University at Aligarh – Shah Alam: Vanguards of Change: Vignettes of Muslim Women Politicians in India – S. Chandani Bi: A Muslim Lady Icon: An Unknown Face – Mayuri Chaturvedi: Indian Muslim Women Scientists as Mentors and Role Models – Tauseef Fatima: Begum Qudsia Aizaz Rasul: The Only Muslim Woman in India’s Constituent Assembly – Juhi Gupta: Heralds of Social Change: Women of Abdullah Family Paving the Way for Future Generations – Syeda Hameed: Saliha Abid Husain: The Unsung Literary Colossus – V. Bharathi Harishankar: Conversations with the Mother: A Hagiographical – Reconstruction of Athankarai Nachiyar – Bibi Syed Ali Fathima – Sabiha Hussain: Muslim Women Contributors to the Legacy of Urdu Literature: Ismat Chughtai and Qurratulain Hyder – Naima Khatoon: Begum Akhtar: The Queen Enthralling the World with Her Silken Voice – Rasheed Kidwai: Begums of Bhopal: Towards Muslim Women’s Education – Shahida Murtaza: Surayya Tayyabji: The Resolute Woman – Azra Musavi: Anees Kidwai: A Warrior Chronicling the Lives of Women During Partition – Rekha Pande: Razia Sultan: The First Woman Ruler of the Delhi Sultanate – Abida Quansar: Economic and Educational Contribution of Women in Kashmir with Special Reference to Ateeqa Bano – Madhu Rajput: Begum Hamida Habibullah: Soul of Lucknow – Ayesha Munira Rasheed: Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain: The Educationist and the Writer – Bilal Ahmad Wani and Naseem Ahmad Shah: Lala Ded: A Great Mystic Poetess of Kashmir – Sherin Shervani: Nurjahan: The Mughal Empress – Shivangini Tandon: Articulating Domesticity in Courtly Spaces: Embodiment and Subjectivity in Gulbadan Bano Begum’s Humayun-nama – Ruchika Varma: Shareefa Hamid Ali: An Icon in the History of India – Anam Wasey: Importance of Women Opting Law with an Exemplification of Justice Fathima Beevi – Huma Yaqub: Attia Hosain: Discovering Home and Self in a Distant Land.