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About Bapsi Sidhwa

Birth

1938

Death

2024

First book

1991

Years writing

35

Biography

Bapsi Sidhwa was a Pakistani novelist who wrote in English and was resident in the United States.

Bapsi Sidhwa was born in Karachi in 1938 and built a prolific career as a novelist and screenwriter.

Her most acclaimed work, Cracking India, is a fundamental reference in literature about the partition of the subcontinent.

Throughout her life, Sidhwa maintained a multicultural identity by holding citizenship in both Pakistan and the United States.

Her narrative talent is reflected in a bibliography that spans a total of twenty published works.

The author deeply explored themes concerning the status of women and the social history of India and Pakistan.