Rakhshanda
Jalil writes
on issues of literature, culture and heritage. She has published over 15 books,
which includes two edited collections of short stories, Urdu Stories and a
selection by Pakistani women called Neither Night Nor Day; two co-authored
books with Mushirul Hasan, Partners in Freedom: Jamia Millia
Islamia (Niyogi Books, 2006). She was co-editor of Third
Frame, a journal devoted to literature, culture and society brought out by
the Cambridge University Press. She has published six works of
translations; the latest being Naked Voices & Other Stories by
Saadat Hasan Manto; Panchlight and Other Stories by Hindi
writer Phanishwarnath Renu. She runs an organization called Hindustani
Awaz, devoted to the popularization of Hindi-Urdu literature and culture.