Andaz-e-Bayan Aur

Dr Jameel Akhtar, a renowned literary personality of India, was born in Darbhanga, Bihar. He received a PhD in Urdu from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. He did his M Phil and MA also from JNU. He has published over twenty five books, including Isharya Aaj Kal, a first of its kind two-volume Urdu Dictionary of Mass Media Terms; Andaz-e-Bayan Aur (Interview with Qurratulain Hyder); Kulliyat Qurratulain Hyder, in four volumes; and Kulliyat Balwant Singh, in eight volumes. More than 50 articles have been published in different journals of India and Pakistan so far. He received the ‘Mujahid-e- Urdu Award’ from Ghalib Cultural Academy, Bangalore, 1989, ‘West Bengal Urdu Academy prize’ on the book Isharya Aaj Kal, 1989, ‘C.L. Nepali Award’ by C. L. Nepali Memorial Society, Delhi, 2001, and the ‘Dr. Jai Naindra Kumar Award’ from Bhartiya Sahitya Parishad, Delhi. 2001. Dr Akhtar has been a regular broadcaster on All India Radio. He has presented many programmes on various TV channels as well.