SYEDA IMAM ON AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT

                                        

One of the most widespread sayings refers to the phenomenon of 'ageing like fine wine'. This is used to compliment someone (or something) on maturing gracefully and getting better over time, much like fine wine.

Inspired by this saying comes a book LIKE A FINE WINE by Syeda Imam. Read a review of the book in a newspaper and fell for the book. It was the second book of the author. The former is THE UNTOLD CHARMINAR - which describes the culture of Hyderabad.  Read the review

Syeda Imam is a writer and activist based in Delhi.  She was a member of the (NCM), India. She is an award-winning writer and editor.

 Born in Hyderabad, she was a Fellow of English Literature at Bombay’s Elphinstone College. After working as Executive Creative Director at India’s three foremost advertising agencies, Syeda joined the Government of India in the Ministry of Minority Affairs and External Affairs. 

Syeda Imam’s book, Like Fine Wine, is her book of stories about a few unmissable lives and loves. A collection of nine monographs with an elegant, minimally designed, understated cover.

Love Sparkles in Like Fine Wine like never before. It intrigues, mystifies, and varies as acclaimed writer Syeda Imam makes short and sensitive forays into the real love stories of nine unusual couples. Amongst them are the nawab of cricket Tiger Pataudi and superstar Sharmila Tagore, acclaimed director David Lean and Leila Matkar, chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand and Aruna along with six other rare examples of love who fascinate.

Through the book THE UNTOLD CHARMINAR readers will discover a city they will want to explore, as Sarojini Naidu, Sir Mark Tully, and William Dalrymple rub shoulders with Ian Austin, Meenakshi Mukherjee and Anees Jung, regaling you with their feast of hard facts and hearsay; as each foreign visitor shares his story through Narendra Luther; as the film-makers Shyam Benegal and Nagesh Kukunoor paint their vivid memories of home; as poets, not just the maverick Makhdoom and Gaddar, raise their voices in song; as statesmen, academics and aficionados hold forth on the completely different Hyderabad each experienced.

Both the books of Syeda Imam are captivating reads of love for the couple and the city. Her thorough research magnifies the glory of her two books in their respective genres.

You can read her interview here

(  (This blog post is a part of Blog Chatter's #TBRChallenge- prompt for July- Details: Here)